Wage Stagnation vs. Living Wages for U.S. Workers Today
Far from earning living wages, most U.S. workers have experienced wage stagnation since the 1970s--a trend largely obscured by political rhetoric and misinformation.
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Black on Dodd-Frank; USAS Victory; etc.
Various items: (1) New Blog Feature: Possibly Irrelevant Images. With this post I inaugurate a new feature for the D&
G20, Deficits, etc.
A few items about the G20 meetings have been languishing on my desk (or rather as tabs in my browser)
Three Big Headlines: BP, Banking, Goldman
Wow--three big headlines today: (1) BP supposedly manages to cap the Deepwater Horizon well--for now, at least--after 87 days of
The Root of Economic Fragility (Reich)
Interesting piece from Robert Reich's blog. An excerpt: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 Missing from almost all discussion of
Financial Reform Inches More
It now appears that with Scott Brown (our "populist" senator from Massachusetts) has agreed to support the reconciled
History of BP and Transocean
Yestesrday's Times had an article about the alleged misdeeds of Transocean, the company that owned (still owns, I
Dean Baker on David Brooks
Dean Baker posted a great response to that David Brooks column I mentioned yesterday. Here's what he says:
The Bleak Jobs Picture
Friday's jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics was bleak. Though the unemployment rate went down to
Banking Reform Inching Forward (or Backward?)
The dust is slowly settling on the reconciled version of the banking reform bill, as we find out what deals
July/August 2010 Issue
We have sent our July/August 2010 issue to the printers, and we will soon be emailing it to e-subscribers.
Several Items on Immigration
Several items on immigration I have been meaning to post: (1) From D&S collective member and frequent author
Several Items on BP and Offshore Drilling
I really can't recommend Global Research's page on the BP disaster enough. It's not