Obama Economic Plan To Discourage Outsourcing, Reward 'Insourcing'
WASHINGTON -- On the heels of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, senior economic advisers to the president on Wednesday shared more ...
WASHINGTON -- On the heels of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, senior economic advisers to the president on Wednesday shared more ...
The Sunlight Foundation | Posted 12.04.2011
This post was written by Bill Allison, editorial director of the Sunlight Foundation. George B. Kaiser, the Obama campaign bundler and Tulsa oilman w...
The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 08.03.2011
The University of Colorado Boulder announced that Philip Weiser, senior advisor for technology and innovation to the National Economic Council at the ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Maxwell Strachan | Posted 06.13.2011
Depending on who you ask, regulation is either a hindrance to the global economy or our only hope against global economic collapse. Safe to say Larry ...
Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011
If the dogged faith in simplicity ends up trumping efforts to reshape the corporate tax code as a driver of innovation and U.S. competitiveness, it will result in less, not more growth and jobs.
HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011
Gene Sperling, the Treasury official widely expected to take over as President Obama's chief economic adviser, is the sort of figure who has been arou...
HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011
Gene Sperling, a leading contender for a top economic post in the White House, made millions on Wall Street even as the economy faltered. The adviser...
HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011
As Larry Summers nears the end of his term as director of the National Economic Council, the list of potential replacements has been whittled down to ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011
In his final public remarks as head of President Obama's National Economic Council on Monday morning, Larry Summers, to no one's surprise, had nothin...
HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011
Yale President Richard Levin, who is reportedly being considered for an economic post in the Obama administration, believes the government should give...
HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011
There are hints that Yale President Richard Levin could soon assume a top economic advisory job in the White House, a move that would suggest an ideol...
David Segal | Posted 05.25.2011
There are countless progressive economists who advocate for higher minimum wages, tighter financial regulation, fair trade agreements, and an economy that generally works for you and me.
Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011
Picking a new head for the National Economic Council is an important moment for the president's rapidly realigning White House staff. It is an opportu...
Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011
Picking a new head for the National Economic Council is an important moment for the president's rapidly realigning staff. The old economic models are broken, and a little entrepreneurial populism is exactly what is needed.
Tom Silva | Posted 05.25.2011
The Obama administration - fresh on the heels of its financial regulation reform legislative victory - has now set its sights on the housing market. P...
Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011
After two years of governing a country locked in economic misery, you'd hope that Obama and his economic team would've learned that what matters isn't the economic team's resume or what "signals are sent" to Wall Street.
HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011
Progressive economists have one piece of advice for President Barack Obama when it comes to replacing top economic adviser Larry Summers: No more Robe...
Richard Trumka | Posted 05.25.2011
Could Senate Republicans deliver a harsher slap in the face to working families than heading out for a holiday recess after repeatedly blocking unemployment aid for hard-working people who've had their jobs taken away?
politico.com | EAMON JAVERS | | Posted 05.25.2011
The White House has made a quiet but extensive effort to reach out to corporate executives in a series of dinners and lunches at the White House with ...
Yahoo! News | Alister Bull | Posted 05.25.2011
"Addressing 10.2 percent unemployment is a matter of very great urgency. It is not something that is going to be fixed in a week, or a month, or a yea...
washingtonpost.com | Zachary A. Goldfarb | Posted 05.25.2011
Top economic advisers to President Obama signed off on a deal to protect Bank of America from losses incurred by its purchase of failed Wall Street fi...
bloomberg.com | Posted 05.25.2011
White House National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers chastised some banks that received government aid for not doing enough to reduce forec...
AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's top economic adviser has new cause for optimism. Back in January, Lawrence Summers said, Google searches f...
Bloomberg | Robert Schmidt and Julianna Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011
Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Paul Volcker has grown increasingly frustrated over delays in setting up the economic advisory group President Barack Obama pick...
Bruce Friedrich | Posted 05.25.2011
In January, we will have a president who understands and cares about the broader implications of our food policy. This will be an impressive first.
HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.25.2012