Economy

A "report" from Republican staff of the Joint Economic Committee says that the path to job creation is cutting ... the very things that create jobs. This is like saying that cutting taxes increases revenue. We know how that worked out, and the job-consequences of...

You wouldn't know it from looking around you but this country has grown much richer over last 30 years. We have a vastly higher GDP, higher average income, much more wealth... But American workers haven’t shared in it. It is all captured by a few billionaires and...

As Abraham Lincoln famously said, "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time." When you put enough dots in front of people sooner or later they will connect the dots....

The following was originally published in Politico ‘America is broke.” “Government’s on a spending spree.” “Real deficit reduction requires taking on entitlements.” The delusions and distortions are so widespread the truth...

VIDEO Rep. Keith Ellison discusses his plan for a "jobs and economic justice tour" in cities nationwide. The Progressive Caucus is launching a "jobs and economic justice" tour around the country, Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., announced at the Summit on Jobs and...

Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles, talked today at the Summit On Jobs & America's Future in Washington D.C. Villaraigosa described the bipartisan America Fast Forward initiative from the National Conference of Mayors. The America Fast Forward initiative is...

The Summit on Jobs & America's Future is still underway, but here are the best Twitter posts from the conference, so far: @mpiscatella: @villaraigosa: I was a latch key kid my child care program was a library. we need to accelerate investment in infrastructure...

By 3:30 PM ET, the U.S. Senate had voted on two competing government operations bill this fiscal year. Both would cut spending. One which would lead to a loss of as many as one million jobs. The other relatively mild bill would not cause as much pain, but certainly...

Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » The general reaction to last week's jobs report was positive toward the 222,000 private sector jobs that were created and dismissive of the fact...