In a recent article in the The Huffington Post, economist Jeffrey Sachs confirms what many of us fear—that we could be facing a double-dip recession. But he has
Category: Economy
Who knew? Americans like socialism
Tea Party demonstrators carry signs calling President Obama a “socialist.” Fox News warns of a “socialist takeover of the United States.” GOP talking points
In tax debate, 1 picture = $238 billion
To extend or not to extend: That’s the question for Democrats and Republicans, who are facing off over the Bush-era tax “cuts,” which mostly
“Right to Rent” bill is a winner
In April, progressive congresspersons Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) introduced the Right-To-Rent Act of 2010, H.R. 5028. Millions of families are
Stimulus deserves an A+ despite problems
The president’s Council of Economic Advisers recent report, The Economic Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Fourth Quarterly Report, July
Streetcar revivals to make cities more livable
Electric streetcars, often called trams outside North America, once served transit needs in scores of North American cities. Most municipal systems were dismantled in
Joseph Stiglitz’s creative ideas for fixing the economy
Nobel Prize winning economist and Columbia University professor Joseph Stiglitz has some good ideas about what we should do to get out of the
Blimps offer a green future for airfreight
Airplanes burn huge amounts of jet fuel and are some of the worst pollution/carbon emitters on the planet. Yet in the United States and
What we can learn from Seattle’s 1893 stimulus
Recently I was in Seattle and took in a tourist attraction, the Seattle Underground. I was a little skeptical at first, because I thought
New rules for fighting hunger in the US
“Nearly one in four people in St. Louis, Mo., lives in poverty — a rate twice the national average. In a state that’s 67