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Jobs 1.0: Creating Jobs Without Busting The Budget

James Adler | Posted 12.03.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Bidding Procedures, Infrastructue Jobs, Unemployment, Extended Unemployment Insurance, Jobs, White House Conference on Jobs, Welfare, Economic Stimulus, Economic Recovery, Tanf, New Deal, Job Creation, Los Angeles News
James Adler

The experience of the New Deal is instructive. Using stimulus money, LA County has designed a program to create 10,000 new jobs paying $10 per hour for 40 hours per week.

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Liberalism Revived: Jacob Weisberg On "Obama's Brilliant First Year"

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Reform, U.S. Economy, u.s. Foreign Policy, Economic Stimulus, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Media News
Michael J.W. Stickings

There is obviously a lot more Obama could have done, and perhaps should have done, but Jacob Weisberg is right that he has actually accomplished a great deal.

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The Limitations of Government

Edward Harrison | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Government Spending, Economic Stimulus, Libertarians, Social Issues, Crony Capitalism, Business News
Edward Harrison

This post originally appeared at Credit Writedowns. In this post: A few thoughts about the limitations of government Our founding fathers How ...

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Economists Predict Job Losses Will Stop In Early 2010

AP | EMILY FREDRIX | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Job Losses, 2010 Economic Outlook, Recovery, Unemployment Benefits, Economy, Consumer Spending, Nabe, Job Cuts, Gdp Growth, National Association for Business Economics, Stimulus, Recession, 2010 Predictions, Layoffs, 2010, Gdp, Financial Crisis, Economists, Consumer Confidence, Economic Stimulus, Great Recession, Nabe Survey, Business News

Economists expect the joblessness that has weighed down the nation's economic recovery will start to slowly abate in 2010, but they predict consumers ...

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We Need New Banks

John K. Delaney | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business Administration, Small Business, Economic Stimulus, Economic Recovery, Bank Lending, Lenders, Finance, Business News
John K. Delaney

The Obama Administration should charter 100 new special "Business Banking Charters," to aggressively participate in lending to small- to mid-sized companies.

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Geese, Ganders and Governors

Alan Singer | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York

Read More: John Maynard Keynes, David Paterson, School Reform, New York Budget, Economic Stimulus, Economic Recovery, Education Reform, Capitalism, Recession, New York News
Alan Singer

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.

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Four Obama Mistakes That Could Turn His Cheers into Jeers

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Afghanistan, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Rubin, Economic Stimulus, Economic Recovery, Obama Economy, Summers, Geither, Home News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

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...

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Goldman's Profits Come from Our Pockets: Why We Need a Tobin Tax

Ellen Brown | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Traders, Program Trading, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Bailout, Tobin Tax, Sales Tax, G20 Summit, Joseph Stiglitz, IMF Funding, United Nations, Economic Stimulus, Business News
Ellen Brown

While Wall Street's welfare queens have been busy collecting generous government handouts, the 50 states have been left to fend for themselves.

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Jason Linkins

Rachel Maddow Urges Democrats To Be 'Aggressive' In Fighting Unemployment

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rachel Maddow, Economic Stimulus, Economic Stimulus Package, Unemployment, 2010 Elections, Politics News

If Democrats have deeply-held convictions on how to act to bolster the economy and stem the downward trend in unemployment, they ought to act on them and put some real leadership behind the effort.

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Out Out-of-Whack Economy and the Happy Talk Propagandists

Dave Lindorff | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mainstream Media, Falling Dollar, Economic Stimulus, Stock Markets, Recession, Economy, Politics News
Dave Lindorff

Recession ending? Don't bet on it.

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The Case For More Stimulus: NYT

New York Times | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federal Stimulus Funds, Economic Collapse, Federal Deficit, President Obama, Obama Economic Policy, Economic Stimulus, Federal Budget, Federal Stimulus, Unemployment Rate, Recession, Recession Over, Politics News

The consensus among economists is that the recession is over, and, technically, the herd is probably right. Corporate profitability has been boosted b...

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Republicans Must Stop Playing Politics With Unemployment Benefits

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Unemployment Benefits, Long Island, Senate Republicans, Recovery, Economic Policy, New York City, Middle Class, Economic Stimulus, Joblessness, Senate Democrats, Hudson Valley, Recession, New York News
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

Rather than do what is right, Republicans did what was politically convenient, twice blocking the unemployment extension last week in an effort to derail other economic recovery programs.

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Nail Banks with Super Taxes!

Diane Francis | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Recovery, Jagdish Bhagwati, Wall Street, Financial Meltdown, Economy, Economic Crisis, Treasury, Obama, Economic Stimulus, Taxation, Windfall Profits Tax, Business News
Diane Francis

Dr. Bhagwati fleshes out his prescriptions for the world economy and also provides his take on what he calls the "Wall Street Treasury Complex," the cause of the latest economic catastrophe.

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Secesh 3.0: Fear Of A Black President

David A. Love | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Confederacy, Birthers, Obama Stimulus, Homeland Security, McCain Palin, Secession, Confederate Flag, Secede, Obama, Southern Poverty Law Center, Joe Wilson You Lie, Strom Thurmond, Stimulus, Rep. Joe Wilson, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Rob Miller, Department of Homeland Security, Tax Day Tea Party, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Hate Groups, Stimulus Package, Joe Wilson, Birther, Economic Stimulus, Joe Wilson South Carolina, Health Care, Tea Party, Southern Strategy, Town Hall Meetings, Race, Racism, Politics News
David A. Love

When the Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) disrupted the President’s health care address before a joint session of Congress, it was not the first time th...

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We Are Not Dependent on Foreign Countries for Our Own Money

Paul A. London | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ben Bernanke Federal Reserve, Economic Stimulus, Money, Inflation, Deficits, Politics News
Paul A. London

History-blind conservatives scare the country by saying that creating more money is a slippery slope to runaway inflation. This is not so. The real danger is the opposite.

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Swiss Topple US As Most Competitive Economy

Yahoo! News | Sven Egenter | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Economic Slowdown, Us Banking System, Swiss Economy, Economic Crisis, Economic Stimulus, Switzerland Economy Switzerland Banks, Swiss Us Economy, US Recession, US Economy, Economy, Global Economic Crisis, World News

GENEVA (Reuters) �" Switzerland knocked the United States off the position as the world's most competitive economy as the crash of the U.S. banking ...

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Irresponsibly Following the Congressional Budget Office

Dean Baker | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Stimulus, Health Care, Budget, Cbo, Congressional Budget Office, Business News
Dean Baker

Members of Congress would be foolish to ignore the projections provided by the CBO, however they would be irresponsible if they treated this analysis as the final word.

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Mafia Looking For Cut Of Stimulus Pie

New York Times | WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM | Posted 09.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Corruption, New York, Economic Stimulus Package, Mob, Organized Crime, Five Familes, Fbi, Mafia, Economic Stimulus, New Jersey, New York News

Everybody is looking for stimulus money. From bridge builders to food stamp recipients, from roofers to subway riders, from teachers to housing proje...

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The Hidden Payoff from Cash for Clunkers

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 09.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Cash for Clunkers, Economic Stimulus, Brad Delong, George Akerlof, Animal Spirits, Consumer Confidence, Cash for Clunkers Consumer Spending, Cash for Clunkers 2009, Cash for Clunkers Benefits, Consumer Spending, Business News
Eric Schurenberg

To the extent that the Clunkers program gave Americans a reason to believe that things can return to normal and to that the government has a handle on recovery, it was a pretty good investment.

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Unemployment, Deficits To Be Far Worse Than Stated: White House

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 09.25.2009 | Business

Read More: White House Deficit Projection, White House Deficit, Orszag Deficit, Unemployment, Stimulus Deficit, Bigger Deficit Projected, Economic Stimulus, Deficit Projection, Business News

WASHINGTON — In a chilling forecast, the White House is predicting a 10-year federal deficit of $9 trillion – more than the sum of all pre...

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Want to Stimulate the Economy? Lower the Retirement Age to 55 Now!

Thom Hartmann | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus, Social Security, Medicare, Retirement, Politics News
Thom Hartmann

If enough Boomers left the job market, it would flip the current dynamic of too-many-people-chasing-too-few-jobs upside down, and create a tight labor markets.

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Transportation Secretary: 'Cash For Clunkers' Won't Run Much Longer

AP | KEN THOMAS and DAN STRUMPF | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Recovery, Cash for Clunkers Program, Old Cars, Cash for Clunkers, Cars, Ray Lahood, Economic Stimulus, Transportation-Secretary, Recession, Business News

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood assured car dealers Wednesday that they will be reimbursed for sales made under the Cash for Cl...

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HAPPY for Pets

Michael Markarian | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Veterinarians, Thaddeus McCotter, Pet Care, Pets, Animals, Recession, American Vetrinary Medical Association, Abandoned Pets, Household Budgets, Animal Rights, Tax Deductible, Animal Welfare, Euthanized, Economic Stimulus, Adopting Pets, Safety Net, Tax Deductions, Politics News
Michael Markarian

By encouraging affordable pet care, the bill not only promotes animal health and well-being, as well as our well-being, but could also help to stimulate the economy.

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Five Ways California's Climate Law Will Boost the Economy

Frances Beinecke | Posted 09.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Efficiency, Green Jobs, California, ab32, Jobs, Economic Stimulus, Clean Energy, Clean Technology, Venture Capital, Global Warming, Green News
Frances Beinecke

Full implementation of AB 32 will dramatically expand the promising figures already displayed by the growth in green jobs and venture capital in the clean energy economy.

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What A Jobless Recovery Today Means For Tomorrow?

Leo Hindery, Jr. | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Recovery, Unemployment, President Obama, Economic Stimulus Package, Middle Class, Jobs, Economic Stimulus, Barack Obama, Politics News
Leo Hindery, Jr.

How can we carry out important national missions such as health care reform and energy reform when nearly 30 million workers are effectively unemployed?

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