On AlterNet: economy
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "economy"
Robert Kuttner, AlterNet. February 8, 2010.
Obama seems to be determined to give bipartisanship one more shot, hoping he can smooth out GOP obstruction to his agenda.
Dean Baker, Boston Review. February 4, 2010.
Big bank CEOs like to trumpet free-market ideology, but they depend on the government for survival in good times and bad.
Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. February 1, 2010.
Richard Trumka, head of the AFL-CIO and Bill Moyers discuss the drastic steps Obama must take to quell the frustration and anger over joblessness.
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. January 29, 2010.
Tax cuts for big corporations can boost profits, and also give ammunition to the same discredited right-wing economists who got us in this mess.
Zach Carter, AlterNet. January 28, 2010.
A new Consumer Financial Protection Agency can save the middle class. Elizabeth Warren explains how.
James K. Galbraith, AlterNet. January 26, 2010.
The fetish of long-term deficit reduction is politically poisonous -- and economically pointless. In reality, we need big budget deficits. We need them now -- and down the road.
David Sirota, AlterNet. January 25, 2010.
Bernanke failed on the regulatory job and then doled out trillions of taxpayer dollars to clean up his mess. Why is Obama pushing for his renomination?
Robert Kuttner, AlterNet. January 25, 2010.
Obama knows he needs to be more populist when it comes to the banks, though it remains to be seen how hard he'll fight.
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, AlterNet. January 18, 2010.
Dr. King did not know green-collar jobs or the clean-energy economy. But the principles of equality, justice and opportunity remain the same.
Derrick Crowe, AlterNet: Video. January 13, 2010.
The Associated Press reports that President Obama "plans to ask Congress for an additional $33 billion to fight unpopular wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Michael T. Klare, Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. January 6, 2010.
Much will change in 10 years. China will rise, the global South will grow in importance, the U.S. will decline. These phenomena will be eclipsed by devastating planetary changes.
Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine. January 5, 2010.
With climate disruption, war, and a faltering economy, that was a tough decade. Still, seeds were sown for a more green and egalitarian 2010s.
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. January 5, 2010.
Unless you work on Wall Street, you've probably had a hard year. Don't expect 2010 to be any better.
Doug Kreeger, AlterNet. December 29, 2009.
We must all recognize the terrible consequences of not coming up with real solutions to the issues facing us.
Jim Hightower, AlterNet. December 26, 2009.
I was working on my list of New Year's resolutions when it occurred to me that some of the people running our country could benefit from my suggestions.
Zach Carter, TheNation.com. December 22, 2009.
We've reached the epitome of crony capitalism, yet the government has given no indication that any action will be taken.
Marjorie Clifton, America's Voice AlterNet: PEEK. December 17, 2009.
Holiday sale will benefit those left jobless during the holidays.
Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. December 16, 2009.
The Fed chairman is Wall Street's Government Official of the Year! OK, OK -- one of many.
Zach Carter, Media Consortium. December 16, 2009.
The latest efforts to reform Wall Street don't away with too-big-to-fail banks, and that's a big problem -- here's what progressives are saying about it.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. December 8, 2009.
It's an ideological Rorschach test from those zany pranksters at Gallup!
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. December 8, 2009.
You've almost got to feel bad for the House minority whip.
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, AlterNet. December 4, 2009.
We must build new economic sectors and nothing offers as much promise as do those of green manufacturing and renewable energy.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, December 4, 2009.
I am going to do my best to see that Mr. Bernanke’s nomination is defeated. Find out more at: senatorsandersunfiltered.com
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. December 3, 2009.
Often, anxieties about the national debt are indicative of anxieties over the economy and unemployment.
Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect. December 3, 2009.
How America's commitment to states' rights is undermining our economic recovery.
