Democracy Corps Says Let The Populist Flag Fly
Democracy Corps has released a new analysis (pdf) of their recent polling which suggests that the environment is shifting a bit and the Democrats have a chance to stop the […]
The Health Care Ad Wars Cutting Medicare = Reckless Spending
In a New York Times article about the upcoming remake of the movie “Arthur,” the original film’s producer was asked about the ridiculous conclusion, where the spoiled man-child millionaire gets […]
Aristocracy 101 Open Enrollment for Swells
The nation’s public colleges and universities are currently facing unprecedented budget shortfalls and cutbacks. Elite private institutions, meanwhile, are sitting on piles of endowment cash and, says a chilling new […]
Its The Lack Of Demand Stupid
In the 1992 campaign the Clinton War Room had a famous sign that read, “It’s the economy, stupid!” This meant that the central theme of the campaign was the economy. […]
Will Tim Geithner Blow a Hole in the Wall Street Reform Bill
Champions of financial reform who fought hard for a strong Wall Street reform bill this year know they cannot let down their guard. They are tracking and countering the moves […]
Ben Bernanke Wants Your Social Security Money
Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke took another swing at Social Security and Medicare today, saying yet again that they’ll need to be cut to protect our nation’s financial health. Based […]
Making Sense Curbing Wall Street
Editor’s Note: We’re publishing a series of “Making Sense” fact sheets on key economic issues to help you win the debate on the core issues facing middle-class families. Each fact […]
How Free Trade Led To Currency War
President Lyndon Johnson is said to have commented that the press is like birds sitting on a telephone line. When one flies away, they all fly away. This week they […]
Incredibly Obvious Things In Front Of Our Faces
Conservative economic policies just don’t work and it’s incredibly obvious right in front of our faces. Knowing that obvious things are right in front of our faces and knowing that […]
Washington at Work — for the Wealthy
The federal government, right-wingers insist, is going crazy sharing the nation’s wealth. In fact, eye-opening new research documents, Uncle Sam isn’t sharing the nation’s wealth. He’s concentrating it. Scroll through […]
Highest Ranking Senator On Debt Commission Heeds Warning From 300 Economists Will Anyone Else
UPDATE 9/22/10 7:45 PM ET: Sen. Durbin’s view was not reported accurately by Bloomberg. He believes we should not begin deficit reduction until unemployment drops below 6%, not 9% as […]
The French Connection That Jailed Banker Raises US Issues
Remember 2003, when so many Americans hated France for refusing to participate in the Iraq invasion? The airwaves were filled with insults about “effete” and “cowardly” Frenchmen, the phrase “cheese […]
Robbing The Middle Class Republican Pledge Lets Wall Street Off The Hook
I didn’t expect to see serious economic policy discussions in the “Republican Pledge To America,” but even by Washington, D.C. standards, this document is staggeringly disingenuous. Not once in the […]
Americas Fiscal Choices We Still Have Them (For Now)
A dear departed friend of mine, Alex, was know for saying "We all have choices." It was usually in the form of advice and/or a warning to a friend who […]
More Consensus On Confronting China
A new example today of the consensus that has formed on confronting China’s trade practices: At the America’s Fiscal Choices conference today economists Paul Krugman, Martin Feldstein and Jan Hatzius […]
Bankers Broke The Economy And Got Rich Doing It
Today’s absurd William Cohan column actually argues that we don’t need consumer protections in banking—nevermind the subprime explosion, the $8 trillion dollar housing bubble or the 1.2 million foreclosures expected […]
Why Wall Street Reform Should Hammer Bank Profits
Of the universal-policy-bloggers who occasionally wade into financial waters, Matt Yglesias is generally one of the best. But sometimes he’s just flat wrong, and his post today on financial profits […]
The Health Care Ad War In Wisconsin Johnson Uses Polls Feingold Uses People
Yesterday I highlighted several campaign ads directly and indirectly defending a vote for the health care reform law. These ads are airing on the grounds that you can’t win an […]
Yes You Can Run On Health Care
2010 is similar to 1994 in that Americans are frustrated with the pace of economic recovery, and out-of-power conservatives appear to be more energized than progressives conflicted about compromises. But […]
Is There A Currency War
Is there a currency war going on? Yes, it has been going on for some time. It’s up to China to end it. China has taken a number of steps […]
The Stimulus WorkedAs Far As It Went
One of my biggest gripes about the administration is the fact that they have a terrible, hubristic habit of taking premature victory laps. They aren’t alone — the Democratic congress […]
NYTimes Friedman Need 3rd Party To Send Even More Money To Top
Thomas Friedman, in a Sunday’s NYTimes op-ed, Third Party Rising, looks at our country’s political gridlock, gets is partially correct, then reaches the wrong conclusions. Friedman notes that DC is […]
Payday Lenders How Wall Streets Undercover Brothers Exploit Minorities
All the major banking institutions say the right things about race and equality. They all have diversity programs. A few financial industry leaders, like Robert Rubin and Jamie Dimon, even […]
Conservatives Just Killed 240000 Jobs
Conservatives in Congress just fired 240,000 American workers. Conservatives in Congress just killed 240,000 jobs. Conservatives in Congress just essentially added 240,000 more Americans to the ranks of the unemployed. […]
Tomorrows One Nation March In DC And Around The Country
Does the corporate-sponsored Tea Party speak for you? Or are we One Nation, Working Together? One Nation Working Together For Jobs, Justice and Education for All. How can you not […]
One Nation March How Big Is Americas Heart
On Saturday, I’ll have the privilege of addressing more than 100,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial for the One Nation Working Together rally to send the message that we […]
A Chance To Show The Public — TAKE THE VOTES
Our form of government depends on an informed public. But currently the gap between what the public wants and what the public knows is huge. Democrats in Congress have an […]
Top 10 Crazy Things Conservatives Say Health Care Edition
It’s been 20 months since Barack Obama was inaugurated, six months since health care reform was signed into law, three months since seniors began receiving prescription drug rebate checks, and […]
No Fluke Republicans Support Off-Shoring Jobs
Like the clear results on a pH test strip, the vote in the U.S. Senate this week on the Creating American Jobs and Ending Off-Shoring Act showed Republicans’ true color: […]
How Can You Vote For Bailing Out Wall Street and Against Reforming Wall Street
Reasonable people can disagree about the merits of the Wall Street bailout. But you can’t reasonably believe we should use taxpayer money to bail out irresponsible bankers and do nothing […]
Crony Capitalism Wall Streets Favorite Politicians
A full 90 members of Congress who voted to bailout Wall Street in 2008 failed to support financial reform reining in the banks that drove our economy off a cliff. […]
Deficit Pipe Dreams Social Security Cuts Would Increase Inequity and Keep Deficits er High
Get this: Republicans on the Deficit Commission aren’t just refusing to consider any tax increases. Now they’re proposing tax decreases designed to help the rich, while taking benefits from everyone […]
Dems Right To Force Votes On Outsourcing And China Currency
Tuesday in A Chance To Show The Public — TAKE THE VOTES I wrote, Our form of government depends on an informed public. But currently the gap between what the […]
Women Confront Deficit Commission Over Social Security
Last month Former Senator and Deficit Commission co-chair Alan Simpson said this about Social Security, and by extension about government itself, “We’ve reached a point now where it’s like a […]
Obama’s Export Goal How We Can Make it
Yesterday I attended a conference on the Renaissance of American Manufacturing in Washington DC. It included a variety of organizations with interests in trade, from the US Business and Industry […]
How Tax Brackets Work — 250001 Income Pays Five Cents More Tax
This discussion of whether to get rid of the Bush tax cuts for the rich has been a learning experience. I have been listening on the radio and reading the […]
The Myth of the Spurned Centre
Clive Crook, columnist for the Financial Times, urges President Obama to “betray” his base, and lead from the “centre.” Brits offering political strategy for American presidents are a bit like […]
Top 10 Crazy Things Conservatives Say About The Economy
It’s been 20 months since America embraced a progressive path after decades of conservative failure. How have conservative leaders reacted since then? By reassessing what went wrong on their watch […]
Wall Street Noir Moodys Double Agent Ratings
What happened to Moody’s is what happens to every “agent” who thinks he can serve two masters. The sad thing is that it keeps happening, even though we’ve seen this […]
Parasites Politics and the Press Social Security Attackers Covert Ops
This week Leonard Downie, the former Executive Editor of the Washington Post, attacked blogs in general and the Huffington Post specifically, saying they’re “parasites” who live off “journalism produced by […]
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