How to Fix the Economy in 13 Easy Charts
Policies that ensure broadly shared prosperity should be policymakers’ foremost priorities in 2014. December 20, 2013 | As we say goodbye to 2013, the economy is still failing ordinary workers....
View ArticleAmerica in 2013, as Told in Charts
CONTRIBUTING OP-ED WRITER By STEVEN RATTNER Published: December 30, 2013 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/30/opinion/america-in-2013-as-told-in-charts.html?hp&rref=opinion&_r=1& Looking back...
View ArticleReport: F-35 Promising the Sky
Below is the press release we sent out this morning for Bill Hartung’s new report challenging Lockheed Martin’s claims about the number of jobs created by the F-35 program. The report has received...
View ArticlePlaying the Defense Jobs Card Isn’t Working Anymore
DefenseOne.com, January 22, 2014 William D. Hartung The history of Pentagon spending is rife with examples in which programs have been saved from the budget cutter’s axe because of the jobs associated...
View ArticleDeficits on a Downward Path; Congress Should Turn Its Attention to the Issue...
The Budget Outlook Greenstein Testimony: The deficit peaked both in dollar terms and as a share of the economy in 2009. The spike was due to the Great Recession and our efforts to combat its negative...
View ArticleInfrastructure Justice: Building Equity into Infrastructure Financing
Public Interest is pleased to offer “Infrastructure Justice: Building Equity into Infrastructure Financing,” a new resource guide to make sure that P3s include three Ws—a win for taxpayers, a win for...
View ArticleRichard Trumka on Senate Failure to Renew Emergency Unemployment Insurance
For Immediate Release Contact: Amaya Smith: 202-637-5018 Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Senate Failure to Renew Emergency Unemployment...
View ArticleFederal Grants Available to Help Cities and Towns Adjust to Military Cuts
Thanks to: Mayors for Peace, the Institute for Policy Studies, and the New Priorities Network. The budget deal at the end of 2013 reduced the bite sequestration will take out of the military budget....
View ArticleCongressional Progressive Caucus Budget Strikes Back Against Austerity
Robert Pollin is Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. He is the founding co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI). His research centers on...
View ArticleA Budget that Would Make Our Economy #BetterOff
03/14/14 by Nicole Woo Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) This morning, one of the largest caucuses in Congress, the Congressional Progressive Caucus, released the Better Off Budget. The...
View ArticleBy Ignoring Economic Reality, Ryan Budget Would Slow Recovery, Cost Jobs
Posted April 1, 2014 at 2:54 pm by JOSHUA SMITH Joshua Smith Earlier today, House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) unveiled the House Republicans’ fiscal year 2015 budget resolution. Like...
View ArticleThe ‘Better Off Budget’: Analysis of the Congressional Progressive Caucus...
Thursday, March 13, 2014 11:38 (Before It’s News) Executive summary The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) has unveiled its fiscal year 2015 (FY2015) budget, titled the “Better Off Budget.” It...
View ArticleYou won’t likely hear about the ‘Better Off Budget’ on ‘Meet the Press,’ but...
THU MAR 13, 2014 AT 12:08 PM PDT byMeteor BladesFollow The destructive austerity budget of Republican Rep. Paul Ryan will be presented sometime next month and get intense media attention. On Wednesday,...
View ArticleMeeting with Sen. King on Economic Conversion
Meeting with Sen. King Our local Bath-based group called the Midcoast Citizens for Sustainable Economies met with Maine’s Sen. Angus King this morning at a church in Brunswick for 45 minutes. We went...
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