Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. November 30, 2009. There have been plenty of painful missed opportunities, but as first years go, this isn't bad.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. November 25, 2009. There's no mystery here. The debate is over. The stimulus has made a real, positive difference.
Anis Shivani, In These Times. November 23, 2009. Many people are not getting by. The human species faces dire ecological threats. Pretending everything will be OK helped get us into this mess, and it won't get us out.
Nick Turse, AlterNet. November 20, 2009. Despite ever rosier economic predictions and a surging stock market, the body count from the economic crisis is destined only to grow in the weeks and months ahead.
Dennis Rahkonen, The Smirking Chimp. November 13, 2009. The GOP's agenda, if fully implemented, would prove catastrophic. Here's what an unfettered Republican Party would do "for" America.
Jim Hightower, AlterNet. November 12, 2009. The latest job numbers mock the smiley-faced claims of economists and polticos that the Great Recession is over.
Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. November 6, 2009. A run-down of the employment picture.
Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. October 30, 2009. There's a disconnect between official economic figures like GDP, "third quarter growth," and average citizens' lives.
Joe Bageant, JoeBageant.com. October 27, 2009. America is broke. And the easy credit, phantom "growth" economy has been exposed for what it was: a credit scam.
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. October 22, 2009. If we could get one of the banking lobbyists to float a duct-taped flying saucer balloon, Wolf Blitzer might cover the real hoax.
Mike Lux, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. October 15, 2009. One central goal should drive all progressives initiatives over financial policy: the biggest banks should have less economic and political power.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. October 15, 2009. On his Fox News show, Neil Cavuto claimed the stock market rebound is evidence of a "Bush recovery".
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. October 13, 2009. As the activities of many are beginning to illustrate, conquering economic inequality means banding together.
Aaron Glantz, New America Media. October 13, 2009. There are countless government programs that give citizens access to money earmarked to boosting the economy. Here's where the money is being spent.
Les Leopold, Huffington Post. September 30, 2009. The manufacturing sector accounts for fewer and fewer jobs each year, so why should we give a damn about it?
Arun Gupta, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. September 29, 2009. Sorry, it's not over yet. This downturn will be severe and long-lasting, and profoundly re-shape our lives, culture, society and the world.
