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.
Economist Friedrich Hayek is the darling of conservatives. Progressives prefer John Maynard Keynes. But when it comes to sensible policy, there's really no contest.
In recent months, a blizzard of new data has laid bare the dilapidated condition of the American economy, and particularly of the once-mighty American middle class.
Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate. August 24, 2011.
Instead of making jobs Priority No.1, Obama put Wall Street banksters first, dumping trillions of dollars from public funds into saving those who crashed our economy.
The debt ceiling deal simultaneously slashes programs crucial to our country's functioning and opens the door to more devastating- and mandatory - cuts.
The economic crisis has hit most families hard--but since many black families had less wealth to start with, its impact on them has been nothing short of disastrous.
While young prospective workers in general are saddled with record levels of unemployment, young workers of color face an even bleaker economic outlook.
While Obama pushes for a deal on the debt ceiling, jobs numbers make plain that the focus in Washington is in the wrong place: jobs, not deficits, are the crisis.
