We've got a new red scare. Forget Glenn Beck. The fear isn't that America is going red, it's that it is in the red.
Robert L. Borosage | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business
Wall Street can produce another bubble, but that won't put the 15 million without jobs to work, one third of whom have been out of work for at least six months.
Robert H. Frank | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics
The two critical steps for thinking more clearly about budget deficits are: first, distinguish between the long run and the short run, and second: examine how borrowed money will be spent.
Jesse Jenkins | Posted 03.27.2009 | Green
For those paying close attention, there was a nugget of critical energy and climate policy news buried at the tail end of a Saturday New York Times story focused on President Obama's budget plans.
The Media Consortium | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics
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.
Bill Scher | Posted 12.25.2008 | Business
Flashing a trillion dollar deficit bugaboo is a meaningless scare tactic. Let's have a real debate on the merits of the specific public investments proposed.
Bill Scher | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics
Much will be made of McCain's "mistakes" in his campaign, as conservatives will seek to blame his performance for their shrinking minority status, to shift blame away from their own policies.
Bill Scher | Posted 11.23.2008 | Media
While much of the media has been making a false presumption that new public investment is fiscally impossible, several economic experts have been trying to correct that notion.
Bill Scher | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics
Patio Man, Deck Guy, Porch Dude and Stoop Buddy are all surprised that they still waste five minutes of their day reading David Brooks. Brooks' occas...
Bill Scher | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics
Much of the pundit class may not have recognized it, but that debate is percolating. And the progressive view of responsible, long-term public investment is winning.
Paul Abrams | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics
Cutting spending is about the only proposal McCain has made in this campaign that sounds remotely authentic. Authentic, but incredibly dumb.
Paul Abrams | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics
If anyone did not think a McCain presidency would be both a foreign policy and a domestic disaster, you now have proof positive.
Robert L. Borosage | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business