Creating Saved Jobs
The stimulus truly was a model of political compromise, providing that devilish mixture of effective public policy and politics.
The stimulus truly was a model of political compromise, providing that devilish mixture of effective public policy and politics.
Posted 11.25.2009 | Business
There's good news and bad news today for the US economy. The good news is that consumer spending rose 0.7% last month, according to the Commerce Depar...
Ann Pettifor | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business
Government must manage the federal budget in the same way that you manage your household budget. But in truth, the president must do the opposite.
Dan Solin | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business
Recently, "Dr. Doom" warned about a coming market correction. Should investors rely on Professor Roubini's crystal ball?
Andrew Reinbach | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business
Since the likelihood of more federal stimulus packages is low -- unless they're called something like a "jobs bill" -- this will mean more pain and an even slower economy.
Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 11.19.2009 | Los Angeles
I'm proud to announce a down payment of over $4 million dollars to start putting Angelenos who dropped out of high school back to work.
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business
We must measure our true economic progress by a different metric: the number of career-track, green jobs that we create for those Americans who need them most.
David Woolner | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business
For FDR's administration, the notion of a "jobless recovery" would have been an anathema.
John K. Delaney | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business
The Obama Administration should charter 100 new special "Business Banking Charters," to aggressively participate in lending to small- to mid-sized companies.
Alan Singer | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York
Governor Paterson's proposal proposed budget cuts (and similar proposals in the other 49 states) are a recipe for an even worse economic disaster than we have had during the past year.
Mike Signer | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green
You've doubtless seen ads recently offering you a $1,500 "stimulus federal tax credit" for 30 percent of the cost of putting in new windows. How the s...
Arianna Huffington | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business
Difficult times need wise men to tell difficult truths. And, for many years, Buffett has done just that. So it was deeply distressing to listen to him last week joining in the economic victory lap the Obama administration is taking.
Eric C. Anderson | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business
According to some pundits, Beijing's fixed exchange rate explains our trade imbalance with China and a end to this practice will aid the revival of manufacturing in America. Phooey.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home
A year from now voters and the media will take stock of President Obama's mid-term performance. When they do four things will leap out as major Oba...
Rinku Sen | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green
The Applied Research Center has released a Green Equity Toolkit to help community organizations, public agencies and individuals maximize the shared benefits of green economy jobs.
Tom Gregory | Posted 11.12.2009 | Comedy
In a rare glimpse behind the closed-doors of The Federal Reserve, Chairman Ben Bernanke released a snapshot of the economy they have been looking at for months.
Alda Sigmundsdottir | Posted 11.11.2009 | World
1,500 Icelanders will gather in a sports arena in Reykjavík to brainstorm and plan a future vision for our country, and subsequently lay the foundation for the implementation of that vision.
Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media
If Sean Hannity truly wants to be the "great American" he claims to be, he can start by being truthful to his listeners and by not rooting for his supposedly beloved America to fail under the current leadership.
Adele Israel | Posted 11.10.2009 | Denver
Our present economic path is not sustainable. "The Economics of Peace" conference showcased several different roads businesses can travel and still thrive.
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Unemployment likely will remain high for the next several years because the economic recovery won't be strong enough to spur robust...
HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business
Vice President Joe Biden blasted the "cowboys on Wall Street" Monday, squarely placing blame on the nation's financial center for "an economy built on...
Michael Laracy | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics
The TANF Emergency Fund is potentially an important resource for states, which get four federal dollars from the fund for each dollar they put up.
Thomas Croft | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business
President Obama: You've helped the bank barons. Now help everyday Americans -- fight to save their homes, help them through hard times, make their lives and that of their families easier.
Harry Moroz | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
Our politicians are fooling us with legislation that looks like stimulus, but sure doesn't quack like one.
Bloomberg | Shobhana Chandra | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business
Orders placed with U.S. factories rose in September for the fifth time in six months, reinforcing signs that manufacturing will drive the economic rec...
Harry Moroz | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics