WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama's plan for economic revival puts a big emphasis on public works projects. It also would rely on tax cu...
The Huffington Post | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics
Paul Krugman writes Monday that, no matter what President-elect Obama does, we're in for up to a year of "economic hell" -- and that things will never...
Bernard Rowan | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics
It's time to bring in a new generation of leaders to the White House, not just a new version of the same.
Huffington Post | Posted 12.26.2008 | Chicago
President-elect Barack Obama indicated Tuesday that his friends in Chicago and Springfield shouldn't expect special treatment for their debt-ridden g...
AP | BETH FOUHY and JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business
CHICAGO -- President-elect Barack Obama named Peter Orszag as his budget director on Tuesday and said his job will be to conduct a thorough review of ...
Amitai Etzioni | Posted 12.25.2008 | Business
Make it a trillion in one year -- we may well need more in 2010. There is little danger that the stimulus be too large, but much if it is too small.
Stephanie Neely | Posted 12.08.2008 | Chicago
Another flat-screen television made in Asia or a new pair of designer shoes made in Europe will not prevent another bridge from collapsing in Minnesota.
Adrienne Birecree | Posted 11.25.2008 | Home
John McCain decries middle class tax cuts as "socialism" because they "spread the wealth around." What are tax cuts for corporate America and the wealthy then? There indeed has been an increase in "socialism" in the U.S. but a smokescreen of conservative ideological rhetoric has hidden it for decades.
Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Wall Street resumed its downward trek Friday as skittish investors, unable to hold on to much optimism about the economy, drew little comfort from Pre...
Reuters | Adam Tanner | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Amid growing worries about a worsening of the U.S. economy, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama proposed a $75 billion economic stimulus pl...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA and ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 01.24.2009 | Business