American competitiveness is severely hobbled by our "free market" and anti-government attitudes. One way our competitors hold us back is by encouraging this outdated ideology. Result: other countries have national economic/industrial strategies and we don't. So we lose.

Remember how "chips" was a major driver of the economy in the...

The "Jobs Summit" is Thursday. Are they going to try to get things back to normal? I hope not!

"Normal" isn't an option anymore, because it is what led to where we are.

The financial sector bailout is based on the idea that things will get back to "normal"...

I am working with BanksterUSA, and the Real Economy Project to help get financial regulations passed.

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The country needs a jobs program and needs it right now. Cash for Caulkers would be a good start. A new Civilian Conservation Corps would be another. But let's not allow a jobs program to cover over the need for real changes in the structure and core principles of...

President Obama is visiting Asia, and is blasted over and over about America's supposedly "protectionist" policies.

"China on Monday accused the United States of increasing protectionism..."

This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project. I am a Fellow with CAF.

Here is another story about Wall Street's war on the real economy.

US Steel was planning to...

This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project. I am a Fellow with CAF.

At a meeting with bloggers before last week's Building The New Economy conference, AFL-CIO President Rich...

This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture. I am a Fellow with CAF.

The Supreme Court may decide as soon as tomorrow on the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case involving a corporate-funded anti-Hillary smear ad. It is likely...

At last week's New Economy Conference, Leo Gerard, President of the United Steelworkers said that deregulating Wall Street was like leaving a 3-year-old in a candy store unsupervised for a day. When you come back the kid is stuffed full of candy, belly all bloated, with candy falling...

The other day I wrote about how the dollar is falling - but not against the Chinese Yuan. A falling, or "weak," dollar is great for American manufacturers and therefore American jobs, because it makes American goods cost less everywhere else. This means our exports should rise, reducing our...

This is Part II of Companies As Buy-And-Sell Commodities. See Part I, Companies As Buy-And-Sell Commodities - Workers, Customers and Country As Costs.

In Part I I wrote about a pattern we see over and over again: buying up good companies, shedding and outsourcing the workers, cutting their...

This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project. I am a Fellow with CAF.

As we consider what we need to do to get our economy working again it is useful...

This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project. I am a Fellow with CAF.

In the last several years we have all been fleeced, looted, robbed, swindled, thieved, tricked, cheated, scammed,...

This post originally appeared at Speak Out California.

What does it mean to be a "governor?" What does it mean to "govern?"

In the news, California's Governor has threatened to veto 700 bills in an attempt to force the legislature to do his bidding on water policy.

Seven hundred...

This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project. I am a Fellow with CAF.

Friday's jobs report said 263,000 jobs were lost in September.

BUT that is after 571,000...

This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project. I am a Fellow with CAF.

How do we build a new economy out of the collapse of the old economy? How do...

The hallmark of the Bush administration was lawlessness. Laws and regulations were ignored, enforcement was scoffed at. The powerful were always, always given a pass. Political opponents were prosecuted, or in the case of things like wearing anti-Bush t-shirts, were just harassed, removed, etc.

Question: Is the Obama administration now...

This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project. I am a Fellow with CAF.

The New York Times business section has this today, "With a Receptive White House, Labor Begins...

This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project. I am a Fellow with CAF.

"Protectionism" is a very powerful word. In fact, simply evoking the word is capable of ending debate...

This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project. I am a Fellow with CAF.

President Obama has decided to enforce our trade laws and imposed a three year tariff on...