Stories by Marshall Auerback
Marshall Auerback is a market analyst and commentator.
Posted on May 7, 2012, Source: AlterNet
The Greek and French elections show that the electorate wants real income growth and jobs -- and they are clear that austerity is undermining both.
Posted on Apr 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Contrary to right-wing propaganda, decent pay for workers helps the economy and boosts job creation.
Posted on Apr 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Spending and debt are necessary in any economy. The key question is which sector should carry the burden: families and businesses, or the government?
Posted on Mar 30, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Ironically, the Roberts Court could actually be the instrument that leads us toward something approaching a rational, affordable healthcare provision.
Posted on Mar 15, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Only an overhaul in our broken banking and financial system will prevent the next collapse. Goldman Sachs' misdeeds are merely a symptom of a much bigger problem.
Posted on Feb 27, 2012, Source: New Economic Perspectives
As financial operatives and politicians play games to protect their interests, the future of ordinary Europeans is held hostage.
Posted on Feb 21, 2012, Source: AlterNet
The export-obsessed Germans have created an economic race-to-the-bottom in which no one can win. But there's a better way.
Posted on Jan 16, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Despite downgrades, even ratings agencies may be figuring out the economies in peril can't be helped by mindless cuts and contractions.
Posted on Jan 9, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Americans should quit listening to austerity hawks and embrace time-tested economic logic.
Posted on Jan 3, 2012, Source: AlterNet
European elites push economic myths that benefit the rich and screw the rest. Spain's program means even higher public deficits, fewer jobs, and slowed growth.
Posted on Dec 2, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The whole future shape of Europe must be resolved in a week or so. It’s a high-stakes game of poker that the Germans are determined to win--at the expense of misery for many.
Posted on Nov 19, 2011, Source: AlterNet
"Drawing blood” from the economy by cutting government expenditures at a time of high unemployment and underused resources will only ensure the patient’s death, not recovery.
Posted on Nov 10, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Unless our policy makers can make job creation the top priority, the mass riots and burning streets of Europe may be coming soon to a neighborhood near you.
Posted on Aug 16, 2010, Source: NewDeal 2.0
Social Security remains one of the greatest achievements of the Democratic Party. Why don't Democrats champion and protect it from GOP attacks?
Posted on Jan 24, 2005, Source: TomDispatch.com
A list of economic threats for the year to come represents nothing more than a longstanding catalog of policy-making run amok.
