Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. December 1, 2008. Just in case anyone thinks the spirit of bipartisanship has overtaken Congress in light of the severe financial crisis, think again.
Robert L. Borosage, Huffington Post AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. November 27, 2008. Is this the change we need? The depth of the crisis we face renders the old arguments irrelevant.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. November 27, 2008. The president-elect doesn't want to discourage people from spending money right now. He also doesn't want to look like Bush.
Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. November 27, 2008. Unemployment is soaring and it may be March before we feel the first dollar of an Obama recovery plan.
David Bacon, The Nation. November 26, 2008. A new administration that has raised such high expectations should look for new ideas, not recycle the bad ones of the last few years.
Orion Kriegman, Richard Rosen, AlterNet. November 24, 2008. The spiraling economy has forced the American consumer to halt and take stock. And that's a good thing.
Sam Stein, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. November 24, 2008. "I want to see [a stimulus package] enacted right away. It is going to be of a size and scope that is needed to get this economy back on track."
Robert L. Borosage, Campaign for America's Future. November 21, 2008. Congress might adjourn without acting on the deepening economic crisis, leaving Obama to inherit the catastrophe.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. November 20, 2008. I don't want to alarm anyone, but the job market appears to be in pretty horrendous shape.
Mark Brenner, Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes. November 19, 2008. With U.S. car makers billions of dollars in the red, jobs vanishing and factories closing, the industry's problems may be insurmountable.
Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. November 19, 2008. Wal-Mart is the only store where hard-squeezed consumers can afford anything, and so it keeps posting big profits amid the retail bloodbath.
Marcelo Ballve, New America Media. November 18, 2008. A President Obama might not be able to take on immigration reform as a top-level priority during an economic downturn.
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. November 17, 2008. Lawmakers still haven't recognized danger of concentrated wealth to the economy.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. November 17, 2008. "Three-point eight trillion dollars. That's $3,800,000.000.000. More than what was spent on WW II, if adjusted for inflation."
Rebekah and Stephen Hren, Huffington Post. November 17, 2008. We must restructure our economy from a foundation built on consumption to regeneration and maintenance.
