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Early Reports: Stimulus Saved, Created 388,000 Jobs

USA Today | By Brad Heath and Matt Kelley, USA TODAY | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: White House, Job Losses, Bush, Economy, Grants, Jobs, Congress, Obama, Reports, Stimulus, Recession, Unemployment, Economic Policy Institute, Stimulus Package, Report, Job Creation, Business News

States have reported using stimulus money to create or save more than 388,000 jobs so far this year, buttressing the Obama administration's claim that...

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Higher Jobless Rates Could Become The "New Normal"

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Recovery, Jobless Rates, Unemployment, Economic Policy Institute, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Spending, Great Recession, Private-Sector, Employment Market, Job Market, Recession, Stimulus Program, Business News

WASHINGTON — Even with an economic revival, many U.S. jobs lost during the recession may be gone forever and a weak employment market could ling...

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Fomenting a Green Industrial Revolution in the U.S.

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Industrial Revolution, Fair Trade, Dumping, Gross Domestic Product, Trade Deficit, Suntech Power Holdings, Green-Energy, First-World Country, Trade Surplus, New York Times, Free Trade, Industrial Policy, G-20, World War II, China, Economic Policy Institute, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

When the leaders of the G-20 nations arrive in Pittsburgh, I want them to know I am fomenting revolution -- Industrial revolution. Specifically, a 21st-century burgeoning of green manufacturing in the United States.

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Obama's Smart Move On Big Banks

Nancy Cleeland | Posted 09.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Banks, Obama, Economic Policy Institute, Financial Reform, Barack Obama, Business News
Nancy Cleeland

The Obama administration's proposal to fund a consumer financial protection agency with fees charged to big banks is smart and worthy of praise for a number of reasons.

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Arthur Delaney

Economy Still Ailing, "Tremendous Amount Of Hurt" To Come

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Economic Policy Institute, Economic Recession, Economic Recovery, Politics News

A new analysis by the Economic Policy Institute finds that despite positive signs of the recession leveling off, folks should not be too heartened by ...

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Union Allies Fight Back Against GOP "Meltdown Lobby" With IRS Complaint, Grass-Roots Campaigns

Art Levine | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afl-Cio, Obama, Employee Free Choice Act, Economic Policy Institute, Rick Berman, Unions, Politics News
Art Levine

Republican leaders and their conservative big business allies, including the Chamber of Commerce, have gone after workers' rights ...

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"Republicants" Deny the Sky is Falling

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 03.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Institute for America’s Future, Gop, Usw, Mortgage Delinquency, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Demos, Michael P. Brown, U.S. Senate, Unemployment, Credit Default Swap, American Conservative Union, Hurricane Katrina, Paul Krugman, Grover Norquist, Arlen Specter, Bill Clinton, Congressman Jerry Lewis, Olympia Snowe, Carl Rove, $700 Billion Bank Bailout, United Steelworkers, Economic Policy Institute, Barack Obama, American Prospect, James Lee Witt, Susan Collins, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Wall Street, U.S. House, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, New York Times, Thinking Big Thinking Forward, Forclosure, Americans for Tax Reform, Stimulus Package, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

Republicans are terrified of the stimulus because if it works, then Americans will think good thoughts about government action and spending.

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Get Business Tax Cuts Out of the Stimulus Plan

Ross Eisenbrey | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, Money, Economy, Economic Crisis, Barack Obama Economic Plan, United States, Tax Breaks, Business, Barack Obama Economy, Barack Obama, u.s. Economy Problems, Barack Obama Economic Policy, Economic Policy, Economic Policy Institute, U.S. Economic Crisis, Politics News
Ross Eisenbrey

The money in this economic stimulus package is a small down payment on what is needed to give the U.S. the world class infrastructure we need.

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Toyota Republicans Should Cut Their Own Pay

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business

Read More: National Review, Sen. Lamar Alexander, Sen. John Cornyn, $700 Billion Bailout, Honda, Diet, Big Three, Toyota Republicans, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Aig, Auto Bailout, Daimler, Mercedes-Benz, Sen. Thad Cochran, Nissan, President Bush, Great Depression, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Germany, Washington Mutual, Gm, Sen. Richard Shelby, United Autoworkers, Ford, Fannie Mae, Toyota, Sen. Jim DeMint, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Sen. Bob Corker, House of Councillors, Japan, Economic Policy Institute, Chrysler, Bmw, Freddie Mac, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, South Korea, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Sen. Johnny Isakson, New York Times, Bear Stearns, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Uaw, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Clearly the allegiance of the Republicans who opposed the loan to save GM and Chrysler is not with the US, which would lose 900,000 jobs if just GM closed, and more than 2.1 million if the Big Three did.

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Infrastructure Investment is "Just-Right" Jobs Strategy

Lawrence Mishel | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Infrastructure, Congress, Economic Policy Institute, Money, Economic Reform, Economy, Economic Crisis, Barack Obama, American Workers, Politics News
Lawrence Mishel

How can we build modern transportation, green jobs, energy independence? How do we know that these "shovel-ready" projects are all worthy of our investment?

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Unions Aren't To Blame For Automakers' Woes

Mike Papantonio | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Automotive Industry, Air America Radio, Mike Papantonio, Union, Recession, Detriot, Uaw, Organized Labor, Bailout, Ring of Fire, Union Busting, Economy, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Automakers, Walmart Unions, Economic Policy Institute, Gm, Automaker Bailout, Richard Shelby, The Big 3, Epi, Big Three Automakers, Jim Demint, Detroit Three, Ford, Afl-Cio, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Chysler, Auto Industry, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Mike Papantonio

If the centralized, organized mouthpiece for labor is destroyed, then so is the only advocacy vehicle available to the nonunion worker.

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Joe Six-Pack Demands Answers From Anti-Union McCain & Co.

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: John L. Lewis, John McCain, Wall Street, Joe Sixpack, Employee Free Choice Act, Todd Palin, Democrat, Health Care Tax, United Steelworkers, Tax Credit, Health Care, Economic Policy Institute, Sarah Palin, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Republican, Joe Si, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

Like many Republicans, McCain has made it clear that he feels about unions the way an Alaskan aerial hunter does about wolves -- best when dead.

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China Trade Promises All Snake Oil -- Fair Trade Crucial

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 08.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Fair Trade, Economy, Labor Law, Free Trade, China, Economic Policy Institute, Kai Da Toy Factory, U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission, Minimum Wage, World Trade Organization, Susan C. Schwab, Olympic Games, United Steelworkers, India, Aqua Dots, Heparin, National Labor Committee, Sesame Street’s Kid K’Nex Ernie, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

We need fair trade. And so do Chinese workers and families, who are being abused by this so-called free trade system that benefits only CEOs and major shareholders of global corporations.

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