President Obama and Congress, focus your economic recovery efforts on the communities being hit the hardest
By Angela Glover Blackwell Jul 15, 2009
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Bloggers, activists, economists and writers grade the president's performance so far. Featuring Sen. Russ Feingold, Dan Savage, Markos, Michael Pollan, Gloria Feldt and many others.
By Vincent Rossmeier, Mark Schone and Gabriel Winant
April 29, 2009
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The president summarizes and defends his economic efforts to date. And shows off his new dog.
By Mike Madden
April 14, 2009
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To jump-start the economy, we need to spur consumer demand. We can't do that without additional stimulus.
By Robert Reich
April 14, 2009
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As the economy shrinks, states need to avoid tax increases and cuts in services.
By Robert Reich
April 10, 2009
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With unemployment booming and anxiety rising, the government needs to stop worrying about Wall Street and start creating jobs.
By Robert Reich
April 3, 2009
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In an interview, the Nobel Prize-winner and former chief economist at the World Bank talks about the Great Depression, Obama's stimulus package and today's financial crisis.
By Spiegel staff
April 3, 2009
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With a sharp retort about AIG, the president was on his game with the press, weaving through questions and driving home his economic plan.
By Mike Madden
March 25, 2009
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The AIG scandal has made it apparent that we are ruled by a government of men, not laws.
By David Sirota
March 21, 2009
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Before it can clean up Wall Street or do much of anything else, the administration has to clean up the way it's been trying to clean up Wall Street.
By Robert Reich
March 20, 2009
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If you look only at the small print, the president's economic program looks modest. If you look at the big picture, it's radical.
By Robert Reich
March 16, 2009
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We've got Republicans, we've got liberals, and it's getting ugly.
By Cary Tennis
March 16, 2009
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President Obama urges pork reform and signs a bill with earmarks in it on the same day. Republicans make an unconvincing show of outrage.
By Mike Madden
March 12, 2009
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Sort of. And I still don't understand the media's sudden, silly fixation with Obama and that lost ideology.
By Joan Walsh
March 10, 2009
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Watch this greatest hits compilation of the network's rah-rah fronting for the Bush economy and "losers" like Bear Stearns, Lehman and AIG.
By Joan Walsh
March 5, 2009
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House Democrats from districts that McCain won in 2008 are starting to put the brakes on Obama's agenda.
By Vincent Rossmeier
March 3, 2009
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Obama tells plutocrats ready to fight over his plans: "So am I." Plus: Will Maureen Dowd ever let Obama be a man?
By Joan Walsh
March 2, 2009
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It's not just conservatives who want to ensure money isn't wasted. Taxpayers on the ground need to be involved in picking projects that get the most bang for every buck.
By Angela Glover Blackwell
March 2, 2009
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Violent protests and riots are breaking out everywhere as economies collapse and governments fail. War is bound to follow.
By Michael Klare
February 26, 2009
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There's fiscal chaos in capitals coast to coast and the stimulus didn't stop it. A tour of the mayhem, from the nearly bankrupt, like California, to the flush.
By Mark Schone
February 26, 2009
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Don't make FDR's mistake and spend too little -- because we're probably going to need a second stimulus no matter what.
By Robert Reich
February 24, 2009
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The GOP is whipping up resentment of Obama and "loafers" who defaulted on home loans. But it crashed the biggest welfare Cadillac in history.
By Gary Kamiya
February 24, 2009
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It's not John McCain or Eric Cantor, it's the American public, watching the GOP make trouble as the president makes nice.
By Joan Walsh
February 24, 2009
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The White House throws a dinner for governors -- even the Republicans who still say they don't want Obama's stimulus money.
By Mike Madden
February 23, 2009
The recession is not colorblind
Obama's 100-day report card
Obama gives a speech and ... Look! A puppy!
We need more stimulus, not more bailout
Sorry states of affairs
It's a depression
Joseph Stiglitz: "It's going to be bad, very bad"
Obama shoots back and scores
Welcome to double-standard America
Obama's Wall Street bailout failure
Is Obamanomics conservative or revolutionary?
My family is feuding about politics
Stick it in your earmark
I was a teenage socialist!
Democrats: No so fast, Obama
Making every stimulus dollar work
We're on the brink of disaster
States of panic
President Obama: Forget the deficit
Who is the right calling "loser"?
Obama to GOP governors: May I have this dance?
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