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Paul Krugman With Al Franken

Posted on September 20, 2022 by Trish Nelson

Krugman does the best job I’ve heard of succinctly explaining the student debt crisis and why student loan forgiveness is the right thing to do. That and more in this well worth your time podcast.

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August Jobs Report Stronger Than Economists Predicted

Posted on August 12, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Heather Cox Richardson is an American historian and professor of history at Boston College. She is author of the book How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America available on … Continue reading →

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Toward Sustainable Pandemic Recovery

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Paul Deaton

The climate crisis continues in the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic with its economic downturn threatens years of progress addressing climate change and sustainability. It’s now or never for the environment. Governments are expected to spend trillions of dollars in stimulus … Continue reading →

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The Costs of Business Subsidies

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Trish Nelson

by Ralph Scharnau Today all levels of government—municipal, county, district, state, and federal—try to entice businesses to relocate, expand, or simply continue operations. The commonplace incentives to new or existing businesses include tax cuts/exemptions, rebates, monetary awards, and waiving/easing regulations. … Continue reading →

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McChesney, Nichols: Billionaires Do Not Care About Us

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Trish Nelson

Try not to get too depressed by the bummer title of Robert McChesney and John Nichols’ new book, People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy. They say we just have to do two things:  (1) … Continue reading →

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Krugman: Wall Street Fears Democrats

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Trish Nelson

nytimes.com/2015/10/16/opinion/democrats-republicans-and-wall-street-tycoons If Wall Street’s attitude and its political giving are any indication, financiers themselves believe that any Democrat, Mrs. Clinton very much included, would be serious about policing their industry’s excesses. And that’s why they’re doing all they can to … Continue reading →

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A Progressive Agenda For The New Congress

Posted on January 7, 2015 by bfiaralphscharnau

The 2014 midterm elections are over.  Republicans won with no platform, no plan, and no vision. They rode a wave of discontent with government and blamed Obama. While the GOP savors its impressive electoral successes, many voters remain discouraged. A … Continue reading →

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Another Feel-Good, Useless Chant from the Right

Posted on August 6, 2013 by bfialauratwing

“Welfare should not be a career option.” Another feel-good, but useless chant from the Right. How does chanting “personal responsibility” actually help solve anything? There is no doubt that nationally, we have a an unacceptably high percentage of our population … Continue reading →

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Obama to Return to Knox College

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Paul Deaton

The following note from Dan Pfeiffer, senior adviser to the president, arrived Sunday, titled, “I don’t normally do this.” Hey everyone, I don’t usually write emails like this, and we don’t usually send messages like this to this list. But … Continue reading →

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Democrats Make Better Job Creators

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Paul Deaton

The contrast between Democratic and Republican approaches to the government’s role in job creation could not be clearer than with the Branstad administration’s recently announced deal with the Egyptian corporation Orascom. The company plans to build a fertilizer plant in … Continue reading →

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