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Economy Newsladder

Weekly Audit: Ending the Economic Status Quo Economy NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Employee Free Choice Act, Payday Loans, Finance Lobby, Newsladder, Consumer Credit Products, Banking Lobby, Banking Industry, Economy NewsLadder, Predatory Lending Laws, Subprime Mortgages, Tax Cuts, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Interest Rates, Chris Dodd, Consumer Protection, Stimulus Package, Unions, Politics News
The Media Consortium

by Zach Carter, TMC MediaWire Blogger The banking lobby still holds enough sway inside the Beltway to torpedo sensible consumer protection rules, ev...

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Weekly Audit: Stimulus Stagnation Economy NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 03.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Democrat, Bankruptcy, Mortgage, Recovery Package, Barack Obama, Loans, Tax Cuts, Republican, Marty Feldstein, Newsladder, Bipartisan, Stimulus, Economy NewsLadder, Recession, Business News
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One of the left's major problems with the stimulus package: the corporate "net operating loss carryback" giveaway.

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Weekly Audit: Filling FDR's Shoes Economy NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economy NewsLadder, Unemployment, Obama Stimulus Package, Newsladder, Stimulus Plan NewsLadder, Bailout, 401k, Recession, Politics News
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The Great Depression permanently changed the government's role in the U.S economy, and it appears increasingly plausible that the current recession will have an equally lasting policy legacy.

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Weekly Audit: Curbing Decline in 2009 (Economy NewsLadder)

The Media Consortium | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Credit Cards, Low Wages, Recovery Package, Stimulus Plan, Public Investment, Economy NewsLadder, Student Loans, Newsladder, Economy, 100 Days, Politics News
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The first step in rebuilding a government that actually responds to problems before they reach the bailout stage will be Obama's highly anticipated economic recovery package.

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Hilda Solis: Get Excited

The Media Consortium | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Secretary of Labor, Immigrants, Hilda Solis, Newsladder, Economy NewsLadder, Progressives, Politics News
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Obama named Rep. Hilda Solis as the next administration's Secretary of Labor this morning and to put it simply, progressives are ecstatic about the pick.

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Weekly Audit: Chicago workers strike back, jobs strike out, Obama strikes new New Deal Economy NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unemployment, Big Three Automakers, Bailout, Economy, Newsladder, Unions, Economy NewsLadder, Barack Obama, Politics News
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by Zach Carter, Media Consortium MediaWire blogger President-elect Barack Obama rolled out his highly anticipated priorities for an economic recovery...

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Weekly Audit: It's a Recession, Stupid (and what that means) Economy NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 03.25.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Nber, Unemployment, Wall Street, Economics, Global Economy, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Recession, National Bureau of Economic Research, Economy NewsLadder, The Media Consortium, Newsladder, Economy, Financial Crisis, Bailout Outrage, Business News
The Media Consortium

We are clearly out of options that match up with Friedman's monetarism, indicating that public policy has nowhere left to turn except direct government spending on economic support.

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