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What you need to know to navigate today’s most critical debates. The Austerity Debacle (NYT) Paul Krugman argues that the case against austerity is pretty open and shut given that we’ve had 80 years to learn from the Great Depression and today’s European policymakers have still managed to find a way to make things worse this [...]
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security MORNING MESSAGE: ‘New’ Bank Fraud Deal Still Unjust OurFuture.org’s Richard Eskow: ”The Financial Times reported on new details of the proposed settlement, whose [...]
What you need to know to navigate today’s most critical debates. Daley Stepping Down in Rare White House Shake-Up (NYT) Bill Daley will step down as chief of staff after having transferred key duties to Pete Rouse. Jack Lew will take over, vacating the top spot at the OMB and perhaps having all other staffers rotate [...]
What you need to know to navigate today’s most critical debates. Financial Regulation: Back to the good ol’ days of 2008. (Washington Monthly) Roosevelt Institute Fellow Mike Konczal argues that if Republicans take the White House, the last few years’ worth of incremental reforms are as good as gone, allowing us the chance to relive Wall [...]
What you need to know to navigate today’s most critical debates. 2011, The Year Washington Lost (HuffPo) While most Americans are returning to work, the members of Congress are still on vacation. As Zach Carter notes, they sort of earned it — it takes a lot of effort to get so much wrong. For 2012, Signs [...]
What you need to know to navigate today’s most critical debates. Europe Agrees to Basics of Plan to Resolve Euro Crisis (NYT) After tense negotiations, Europe’s leaders have decided to make banks take a 50 percent loss on Greek debt and recapitalize. It’s sad that it had to come to this when poor people still had [...]
What you need to know to navigate today’s most critical debates.
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Another Hostage-Taking Threat To Shut Down Government OurFuture.org’s Dave Johnson: ”The House voted again Thursday night, passing the bill, but Republicans [...]
