Inside DC| More...
 

Obama’s Challenge America’s Economic Crisis and the Power of a Transformative Presidency

Brotherly Words To Obama...

Martin Lewis | Posted 03.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Mugwumpism, Economic Stimulus Package, President Obama, Bi-Partisanship by Democrats Is a One-Way Street, Martin Luther King, Stimulus Package, Decisive Leadership, Malcolm X, Humoring Conservatives, Frederick Douglass, Barack Obama, Obama’s Challenge: America’s Economic Crisis and the Power of a Transformative Presidency, Tear Down This Myth, Living News
Martin Lewis

If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.

Read Post

The Mortgage Crisis: A Modest Proposal

Howard Schweber | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mortgage Crisis, Financial Crisis, Obama Administration, US Economy, U.S. Economy, HuffPost Election Reaction, Election Reaction, Economy, President Obama, Economic Crisis, Obama’s Challenge: America’s Economic Crisis and the Power of a Transformative Presidency, Alan Greenspan, Politics News
Howard Schweber

In dealing with the mortgage crisis it is critical to keep people in their houses. To do that we have to have ways to renegotiate their mortgages.

Read Post

Capitalism Is Dead. Now What Do We Do?

Steven G. Brant | Posted 10.17.2008 | Business

Read More: John McCain, Ben Bernanke, Capitalism, Wall Street, Obama’s Challenge: America’s Economic Crisis and the Power of a Transformative Presidency, Barack Obama, Economy, Aig, AIG Bailout, Financial Crisis, Business News
Steven G. Brant

Think about this. Our government has just decided that $85 billion more of our money should be used to cover the actions of (and pardon the unsophisticated language here) stupid, greedy, criminal people.

Read Post

Obama And The End Of Reaganomics

Robert Kuttner | Posted 09.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Robert Kuttner, Bush, Kuttner Chelsea Green Publishers, Obama Fdr, Bush Cynicism, Barack Obama, Kuttner Obama, Obama Economics, George W Bush, Obama Democracy, Kuttner Obama's Challenge, Chelsea Green Publishers, Fdr, Kuttner Amazon, Obama’s Challenge: America’s Economic Crisis and the Power of a Transformative Presidency, Bush Economics, Home News
Robert Kuttner

A President Obama's greatest challenge would be to reverse the ideological assumptions of the past three decades and then to use affirmative government to deliver not just economic recovery but a just and balanced economy and a revitalized democracy.

Read Post