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Robert Borosage By Robert L. Borosage Co-Director of the Campaign for America’s Future House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gets it. No wonder she drives the wingnuts batty. With the Senate...
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Eric Lotke By Eric Lotke Research Director at the Campaign for America’s Future On Labor Day, President Obama rediscovered his roots. He traveled to the LaborFest rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and...
View ArticleUncommon Common Sense About the Economy
Robert Borosage By Robert L. Borosage Co-Director Campaign for America’s Future Over 300 economists and policy analysts just released a statement warning the Congress and the Administration that bold...
View ArticleWhy This is Exactly the Time to Rebuild America’s Infrastructure
By Robert Reich Former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Professor at BerkeleySeems like only yesterday conservative nabobs of negativity predicted America’s ballooning budget deficit would generate soaring...
View ArticleInvestment Strikes Are Nothing that a Strong Dose of Economic Democracy Can’t...
Nyegosh Dube Communications Consultant The wealthy corporate owners, investors, and executives whom we have anointed the “job creators” seem to have gone on strike. No, they’re not out in front of...
View ArticleThe Regulation Monster
By Dean Baker Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Author Those familiar with the “confidence fairy” recognize that economic policy debates in Washington are dominated by imaginary...
View ArticleIs 401(k) Good for America?
Don McNay Financial Columnist and Structured Settlement Guru “Running on Empty. Running into the sun but I’m running behind.” — Jackson Browne Internal Revenue Code section 401(k) is the only section...
View ArticleLeo Gerard Speaks with Infrastructure USA
By Leo W. Gerard USW International President United Steelworkers Union President Leo Gerard spoke with The Infra Blog on issues such as investment, infrastructure and wealth. Below is Gerard’s...
View ArticleWhose Economy You Talkin’ About?
By Jared Bernstein Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities The Tax Policy Center has added some strong new hamsters to turn the wheels of their much used income and tax model, and in...
View ArticleWall Street Magicians Make Reform Disappear
By Jim Hightower Author, Commentator, America’s Number One Populist What amazing alchemist Wall Street bankers are! They can turn failure into gold and reform into business as usual. These sorcerers...
View ArticleIt’s Back: The Budget Nightmare
Robert Borosage Co-Director Campaign for America's Future It’s back. Another manufactured budget crisis. Another threatened government shutdown. Another failed negotiation. And, like Freddy Krueger...
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