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Economic Plans

Avoiding the Wrong Goals

Tom Morris | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Leadership, Strategy, Corporate Responsibility, Goals, Recession, Economic Plans, Decisions, Targets, Management Decisions, Bush Administration, Values, Personal Growth, Mea Culpa, Self-Deception, Corporate Greed, Sin, Banks, Scandals, Living News
Tom Morris

Self-deception is such a powerful force in our lives that we cannot guarantee, even if we do spot it in action, that we'll be able to resist its subtle lure.

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Obama and Volcker: Economic Solutions, Good; Summers and Geithner: Financial Solutions, Not Good.

Saskia Sassen | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Investments, Debt, U.S. Economy, Economy, Larry Summers, New York Review of Books, Taxpayers, Paul Volcker, Rubinomics, Economic Plans, Investment Banks, Taxpayer Money, Financial Crisis, Financial TImes, Timothy Geithner, Shadow Banking, Taxes, Money, Economic Crisis, Obama Economy, Barack Obama, Paul A. Volcker, US Economy, Npr, Leonard Lopate, Subprime Mortgages, Obama Economic Plan, House of Rubin, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Banking, Banking Crisis, Banks, Jeff Madrick, Investment Banking, Business News
Saskia Sassen

The shadow banking system is not illegal or clandestine. It is in the open, but it has thrived on the opaqueness of the investment instruments, facilitated by their complexity.

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Sustainable Investing and the Financial Crisis: How Long-Term Investing Can Replace Short-Term Bubbles

Joe Keefe | Posted 01.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Financial Plan, Financial Institutions, Economic Plans, Sustainability, Business News
Joe Keefe

The immediate financial crisis obviously requires that the first order of business is to get credit flowing again and stimulate spending.

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What Americans Can Do to Avoid a Depression

Dennis Paulaha | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mortgages, Money, Economy, Federal Government, Economic Crisis, Economic Stimulus, Economic Plans, Refinancing, Politics News
Dennis Paulaha

Saving people's homes while increasing consumer spending and solving the financial industry's credit crunch will stimulate the economy.

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A Video Letter from the Nation's Mayors to Obama and McCain

Harry Moroz | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Swing State, Scranton, Cities Matter, Mayor, US Mayors, Economic Crisis, Palin Rallies, Campaign, Mayor Doherty, Richmond, Presidential Debates, Barack Obama, Mccain Rallies, Economic Plans, Mayor Mclin, Mayor Wilder, Dayton, Swing States, Election 2008, Cities, John McCain, Politics News
Harry Moroz

Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Ohio all face midyear FY2009 budget gaps and city governments are increasingly pessimistic about their economic health.

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The Best Economic Attack Obama isn't Using Against McCain

Joseph Romm | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Barack Obama, Economic Crisis, Spending Freeze, Swing Voters, Economy, Economic Plans, Politics News
Joseph Romm

It is Obama who needs to be taking a hatchet to this idea in TV ads. The vast majority of the American people, especially independents, do not support most of McCain's suggested cuts.

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Economist Jared Bernstein Crunches The Candidates

JB Powell | Posted 05.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Taxes, Capital Markets, Economics, Senator McCain, Senator Clinton, Senator Obama, Mccain, Hillary Clinton, Jared Bernstein, Obama, Economic Plans, Mccain Economic Plan, GOP Taxes, McCain Economy, McCain Financial Plan, GOP Economy, Mccain Economic Advisor, Mccain Deficit, GOP Deficit, McCain Taxes, McCain Tax Cuts, Phil Gramm, Home News
JB Powell

The current economic meltdown can be traced to McCain's financial adviser. McCain wants to further deregulate capital markets and cut taxes. McCain-onomics are Bush-onomics, but more so.

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