Economic Stimulus

Jobs 1.0: Creating Jobs Without Busting The Budget

James Adler | Posted 12.03.2009 | Los Angeles


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.

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

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media


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.

The Limitations of Government

Edward Harrison | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business


Edward Harrison

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

Economists Predict Job Losses Will Stop In Early 2010

AP | EMILY FREDRIX | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business


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

We Need New Banks

John K. Delaney | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business


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.

Geese, Ganders and Governors

Alan Singer | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York


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.

Four Obama Mistakes That Could Turn His Cheers into Jeers

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home


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...

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

Ellen Brown | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business


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.

Jason Linkins

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


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.

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

Dave Lindorff | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics


Dave Lindorff

Recession ending? Don't bet on it.

The Case For More Stimulus: NYT

New York Times | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics


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

Republicans Must Stop Playing Politics With Unemployment Benefits

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York


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.

Nail Banks with Super Taxes!

Diane Francis | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business


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.

Secesh 3.0: Fear Of A Black President

David A. Love | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics


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...

We Are Not Dependent on Foreign Countries for Our Own Money

Paul A. London | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics


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.

Swiss Topple US As Most Competitive Economy

Yahoo! News | Sven Egenter | Posted 11.08.2009 | World


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 ...

Irresponsibly Following the Congressional Budget Office

Dean Baker | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business


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.

Mafia Looking For Cut Of Stimulus Pie

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


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

The Hidden Payoff from Cash for Clunkers

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 09.27.2009 | Business


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.

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

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 09.25.2009 | Business


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...

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

Thom Hartmann | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


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.

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

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


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

HAPPY for Pets

Michael Markarian | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics


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.

Five Ways California's Climate Law Will Boost the Economy

Frances Beinecke | Posted 09.18.2009 | Green


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.

What A Jobless Recovery Today Means For Tomorrow?

Leo Hindery, Jr. | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


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?