Us Economy Problems

Most Low-Income New Yorkers Have Less Than $1K In Their Bank Accounts

Crain's New York Business | Daniel Massey | Posted 10.08.2009 | New York


A survey of low-income New Yorkers shows that two-thirds have less than $1,000 in savings to fall back on should even tougher times hit, while one-thi...

Manufacturing and the Limits of Comparative Advantage

Ralph Gomory | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business


Ralph Gomory

Vague talk about future innovations, a post-industrial society, or an explosion of services exports is not the stuff on which to bet the prosperity of a nation.

USA Today Needs to Check Its Facts: The Priority is the Economy

Kety Esquivel | Posted 04.11.2009 | Home


Kety Esquivel

Catherine Singley, Office of Research, Advocacy, and Legislation National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Earlier this week, our friends at the Immigration...

Obama Signals Shift in Governing Philosophy

Max Stier | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics


Max Stier

He is not just saying we need to improve government operations. He's saying we need to put this issue front and center and then he is taking real action.

Maintaining Presidential Popularity During a Recession

Darrell West | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics


Darrell West

Obama is a gifted public speaker whose ability to inspire hope, confidence, and optimism is legendary. He relates well to ordinary folks and understands how to communicate in terms people understand.

Get Business Tax Cuts Out of the Stimulus Plan

Ross Eisenbrey | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics


Ross Eisenbrey

The money in this economic stimulus package is a small down payment on what is needed to give the U.S. the world class infrastructure we need.

Dear Hank (A Letter to the Departing Treasury Secretary)

Jacki Zehner | Posted 02.02.2009 | Business


Jacki Zehner

It has been over six years since I left Goldman Sachs where I had the honor of working for you. I am sorry that your time serving our great country was not more of a rewarding experience for you.

Happy Holidays Hollywood!

Ariston Anderson | Posted 01.19.2009 | Entertainment


Ariston Anderson

Just how much is the credit crunch going to affect Hollywood? Film elite like Sir Ben Kingsley, Penelope Cruz, Gus Van Sant, Dennis Hopper, Darren Aronofsky and others weigh in.

Unemployment? They Need Workers!

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics


Charles Karel Bouley

Forget statistics, those numbers are people, and I'm one of them. Here are actual phone calls made over one week period to the Unemployment development department in California.

Obama Right to Reassure Wall Street Markets With Rubinauts But Also Needs Econ Advisors Who Stand for Main Street

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics


Miles Mogulescu

We can only hope that Obama balances the smart Rubinauts whom he has picked to lead his economic team with some equally smart pro-Main Street economic minds.

Can We?

Wendy Block | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics


Wendy Block

I'm not ready to return to the same non-adrenaline-rush grassroots work that propelled Obama and the Dems to such a decisive victory.

America: Get Your Financial Act Together

Diane Francis | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business


Diane Francis

It would be as irrational to allow the Ayatollahs to build bombs as it would be to allow Wall Streeters to run amok again building their weapons of financial mass destruction.

A Citizen's Pledge To President-Elect Obama

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics


Frank Schaeffer

We will... Give your administration the benefit of the doubt when you initiate policies we personally disagree with but that are part of your overall recovery plan.

Let's Admit it, the Financial Crisis is Kind of Cool

Billy Kimball | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics


Billy Kimball

I have to admit that watching the great wheels of the global economy sputter to a halt and then periodically be restarted by the main force of the U.S. government in the past few weeks has been kind of cool.

Take A Deep Breath And Count To Three

Aaron Harber | Posted 10.26.2008 | Business


Aaron Harber

Congress and the current Administration have allowed the nation's finances to deteriorate to a dangerous level.

Wall Street greed and contributions should be illegal

Diane Francis | Posted 10.19.2008 | Business


Diane Francis

In 2006, the big five Wall Street firms handed out bonuses to their worldwide employees equivalent to the GDP of Vietnam or about $70 billion. Now to ...

Leadership is More Than Profit

Margaret Blair and Ralph Gomory | Posted 10.06.2008 | Business


Margaret Blair and Ralph Gomory

In the rush to globalization, the United States has tossed aside a crucial principle that guided the economic prosperity of the twentieth century: co...