Nobody is against trade. Nobody. Though "free" traders say that anyone opposing their agenda is "anti-trade" that's just not true...at all. Fair traders are for vigorous trade, just with a different set of rules.
Robert L. Borosage | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics
So much for the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. Clearly, once the bailout passed, investors took a good look at the real economy and went to the mattresses. We're headed into a great reckoning.
Harold Pollack | Posted 09.27.2008 | Home
I sat down prepared to explain why my guy won tonight's debate. On the economy, he showed a command of both national policy issues and the everyday ma...
Dan Kovalik | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics
Breaking: As Colombian President Alvaro Uribe arrives in Washington D.C. on September 19, his government continues to sink amidst the weight of the "...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 09.11.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — The U.S. trade gap has hit a 16-month high, the job market is shrinking and exports _ a rare item in the economy's plus column late...
Dealbreaker | John Carney | Posted 09.04.2008 | Business
Heavy on the inside jokes and edgy interpretations of finance-related news, must-read trader blog Dealbreaker quotes an "insider" on their opinion of ...
Elana Levin | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics
Bill O'Reilly talks about "The War on Christmas," and while that concept has been widely lambasted I'm here today to sound a different alarm -- that there is truly a War on Labor Day.
Dan Kovalik | Posted 08.27.2008 | Politics
Though it has received scant press here, the Colombian media recently and enthusiastically reported that Jimmy Carter, after allegedly "resolving his...
Robert Naiman | Posted 08.15.2008 | Business
Chevron has been lobbying the U.S. government to pressure Ecuador to intervene the dispute between Chevron and 30,000 Amazon jungle dwellers suing the company for environmental damages.
John W. Whitehead | Posted 08.13.2008 | Business
If China has anyone to thank for its economic ascendancy, it's American corporations like Wal-Mart and American consumers like you and me.
Dave Johnson | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics
What the people who run American corporations call "free" trade is hurting our economy more than it is helping.
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 08.12.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — The U.S. trade deficit has gone on a diet, helped by strong exports of farm products and manufactured goods and by Americans spendi...
Jonathan Tasini | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics
I've been given a copy of the most recent draft of the Democratic Party's platform. I'm told that this is getting close to the end. There is good stuff and bad stuff. Here are the highlights.
Roger I. Abrams | Posted 08.05.2008 | Entertainment
Last week's tremor reminded the folks of the Golden State that they live on the edge of a cliff. But nothing will compare with Manny-being-Manny's arrival in Chavez Ravine.
Robert Weissman | Posted 07.30.2008 | Business
The alleged upside of the deal for developing countries -- increased access to rich country markets -- would have been of tiny benefit, even according to the World Bank.
Rob Kall | Posted 07.16.2008 | Green
If we invest in giving consumers rebates for buying new US-made cars that have drastically improved mileage, that will help the auto manufacturers, help consumers and help our balance of trade.
Jeremy Haft | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business
In enumerating China's many strengths, we tend to downplay, or completely overlook, ours. China can't produce most of the modern goods and services it needs to grow its economy.
Robert Scheer | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics
To the Chinese, irrespective of past allegiances, the prospect of war has come to be viewed as counterproductive, and they now have the confidence to show it.
AP | SHARON THEIMER | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Nuclear weapons? No way. But there are plenty of items on Iran's shopping list the United States is more than happy to supply: ciga...
Jeremy Haft | Posted 07.07.2008 | Business
The rash of product recalls reveals that China is not the manufacturing juggernaut we fear -- and that America has an edge we tend to overlook.
David Sirota | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics
Politicians supporting the Colombian trade deal have blood on their hands - there's no other way to put it.
David Donnelly | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics
McCain's policy ignores the problem with having a campaign run by corporate and foreign lobbyists: they are happy to abandon their lobbying work temporarily to get valuable chits with the potential future president.
Robert L. Borosage | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
Across the world, the revolt against the corporate trade model is growing. In the US, a majority polled in a January 2008 agreed that globalization has been bad. McCain simply doesn't get it.
Paul Abrams | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics
In an election focused on the economy, and, more precisely, an ailing economy that needs major surgery, selecting Bob Rubin powerfully sends that message.
Robert L. Borosage | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics
Neither the Bush administration nor John McCain shows any sign of having ever thought seriously about this fundamental challenge to US security.
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David Sirota | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics