Economy
Ironworkers Training For Green Energy Jobs
Ever see a construction worker hanging off a bridge while making essential repairs and wonder what it takes to do a job like that?
When Leaders Are Led To Lead
When I read about the recent polls indicating a huge shift among African-Americans towards supporting same-sex marriage — a Public Policy Polling survey showing that 57% of African Americans s
Greed vs Fairness: Bigger Than Bain
Earlier this week, I tried to explain what the Bain debate is really about. It's not about capitalism vs. "socialism." It's about choosing what kind of capitalism we want. It's about the future, and deciding what kind of economy we want. It's about deciding who and what our economy is for. It's about something most Americans can understand a lot more readily than the financial engineering that drives private equity. It's about something President Obama is already talking to Americans about.
It's about choosing what's going to drive our economy: greed or fairness.
The Austerity Trap and the Jobs Deficit
The dire threat facing America, according to Mitt Romney and Republicans this week, is debt, not mass unemployment.
Fiscal Summit Boehner Ryan Show Peterson Summits True Colors
Multibillonaire Peter G. Peterson's Fiscal Summit may have started with conciliatory nods toward bipartisanship, but it did not climax that way. And that had to have been by design.
Show Peter Peterson We Reject His Elite Austerity Consensus
On Tuesday, May 15, one of America's wealthiest men, Peter G. Peterson, will use his foundation's money to lecture the rest of us about why the federal deficit is the most serious problem facing our country.
Jobs Fix Deficits
Polls show that the American Majority is much more concerned about jobs than deficits.
The Return of the Man From Bain
Told ya so.
The Fiscal Summit Counter-Narrative Part One
Well, it's Springtime in DC. Time for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation's annual event.
The Importance of Being Romney
Last month, blogs were abuzz about recent studies suggesting that wealth reduces compassion — that increasing wealth corresponds with decreasing empathy for others.
