Our fire policy makes no sense
We need to cut certain firefighting funding, and stop incentivizing people to rebuild homes in dangerous red zones
Friday, Jun 28, 2013 8:33 PM UTC 21Politics Fire, Firefighters, spending
Austerity
Politics Fire, Firefighters, spending
Rahm Emanuel is losing control of his city
As his disapproval rating soars, he’s getting tagged with names like the “murder mayor.” Here’s how it fell apart
Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 125Business Rahm Emanuel
How liberals saved California
It wasn’t Jerry Brown’s austerity that led the fiscal comeback. It was the state’s smart, bold progressive movement
Friday, May 31, 2013 5:17 PM UTC 382Business California, jerry brown
Robert Reich: Widening inequality is killing the economy
The problem isn't that we've been living too well for our means, but that all our gains have been going to the top VIDEO
Thursday, May 30, 2013 6:23 PM UTC 26Business Video, RobertReich.org
Paul Krugman’s right: Austerity kills
Austerity kills -- radical cuts destroy economies and lives, and the honest numbers and economics keep proving it
Sunday, May 19, 2013 6:45 PM UTC 214Business Austerity, Books, New Deal
Kinsley loves austerity because it is “spinach”
The liberal pundit supports a worthless international initiative
Friday, May 17, 2013 12:59 PM UTC 76Media Opening Shot, Michael Kinsley
Is revolution coming to the U.S.?
They tend to come in waves, triggered by wars and anti-system protests. It can happen here
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 3:20 PM UTC 139Elections American Revolution, Communism
Economic policy is not about gay sex
Niall Ferguson may be the latest to promote a sexualized discourse about economic policy, but he wasn't the first
Monday, May 6, 2013 8:15 PM UTC 17Politics Niall Ferguson, Gay
Austerity never works: Deficit hawks are amoral — and wrong
The 1 percent and the financial class caused the Great Recession. So why do we keep allowing them to shape policy?
Sunday, May 5, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 120Business Austerity, Great Recession
Meet the pro-austerity hypocrites
The wealthy corporate titans behind Fix the Debt are using a loophole to avoid paying taxes, a new report charges
Thursday, May 2, 2013 10:22 PM UTC 22Politics Fix the Debt, Bowles-Simpson
What if Simpson and Bowles threw a debt-reduction party and nobody came
The godfathers of unnecessary deficit plans write a plaintive Op-Ed as the world moves on
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 12:00 PM UTCBusiness Opening Shot, Simpson-Bowles
Austerity opposition goes mainstream
Bad data, dodgy assumptions and a basic inability to use Microsoft Excel may have doomed the economic movement
Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 12Politics Jacobin, Economics, Austerity
GOP has always misled the debt debate
That the Reinhart/Rogoff study justifying austerity has been exposed as bogus should come as no surprise
Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013 6:11 PM UTC 10Business On the Economy, Austerity
Whoops! Turns out debt doesn’t ruin economies
A paper justifying international austerity measures had a couple of mistakes that totally undermine its argument
Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 73Media Opening Shot, Debt, Austerity
Austerity’s forgotten victims: State universities
Foolish economic policies are speeding America’s decline and placing terrible burdens on the next generation
Monday, Mar 25, 2013 2:41 PM UTCBusiness AlterNet, Austerity
Faith leaders descend on Washington, call for a “moral budget”
Organizers of the Loaves and Fishes Day of Action will call on Congress to reject Rep. Ryan's "austerity gospel" VIDEO
Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 3:32 PM UTC 19Life Video, Paul Ryan
The Republican fantasy
Paul Ryan's new budget plan reveals how the GOP sees the world, in four easy steps
Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013 7:40 PM UTC 33Politics Taxes, Republicans, Paul Ryan
Europe hangs on Italian elections
Italy's parliamentary candidates showcase the battle between austerity measures and its rising resentment in the EU
Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 4:48 PM UTCNews GlobalPost, Europe, Italy
Memo to Obama: Focus on the inequality gap
The State of the Union offers the president a chance to expose the trickle-down charlatans endangering the economy
Monday, Feb 11, 2013 1:41 PM UTCBusiness RobertReich.org
Nearly half of Americans on edge of financial disaster
A new report finds a large percentage of U.S. citizens are one financial blow away from poverty
Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 8:47 PM UTCNews Poverty, cfed, Financial Crisis
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