Economy

Briefing: Dean Baker on Boosting the Economy by Saving Healthcare Briefing: Dean Baker on Boosting the Economy by Saving Healthcare

According to Baker, the report released by Obama's deficit commission is "the wrong answer to not a problem."

Nov 15, 2010 / Video / The Nation on Grit TV

Bernie Sanders’s Progressive Plan to Balance Budgets, Defeat Deficits and Avert Austerity Bernie Sanders’s Progressive Plan to Balance Budgets, Defeat Deficits and Avert Austerity

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is ready to fight for a progressive alternative to proposals to slash Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

Nov 15, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols

Obama’s Asia Trip: Not Only About Currency and Trade Obama’s Asia Trip: Not Only About Currency and Trade

Obama's Asia trip was declared a failure, but that's an oversimplification: it was also a chance for the US to reconnect with India and Indonesia, and there Obama did well.

Nov 15, 2010 / Barbara Crossette

Lou Dobbs: Two Times A Hypocrite Lou Dobbs: Two Times A Hypocrite

Lou Dobbs is as two-faced when it comes to business advice as he is about immigration policy.

Nov 12, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room

The Fight Over Social Security’s Future Is On—But Which Side Is Obama On? The Fight Over Social Security’s Future Is On—But Which Side Is Obama On?

Obama's Fiscal Commission puts cutting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid "on the table." The president's response is "weak." Pelosi says, "This proposal ...

Nov 12, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols

The Breakdown: How Can Obama Help Organized Labor?

The Breakdown: How Can Obama Help Organized Labor? The Breakdown: How Can Obama Help Organized Labor?

With no help likely to come from Congress, Dorian Warren and Chris Hayes ask: what can Obama, his National Labor Relations Board appointees and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis can d...

Nov 12, 2010 / Audio / Chris Hayes

The Post-Midterms Game Plan for Progressives

The Post-Midterms Game Plan for Progressives The Post-Midterms Game Plan for Progressives

It’s time for us to go big, challenge the limits of the debate and organize from the outside in.

Nov 10, 2010 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert L. Borosage

The Life and Times of Bush the Clueless The Life and Times of Bush the Clueless

It takes a Harvard MBA to raze an economy. Perhaps that is too narrow a judgment given that a law degree from that institution or from Yale University seems to serve as well.

Nov 10, 2010 / Robert Scheer

The Breakdown: Will the Tea Party Stall the Economy?

The Breakdown: Will the Tea Party Stall the Economy? The Breakdown: Will the Tea Party Stall the Economy?

The Center for Economic and Policy Research's Dean Baker joins Christopher Hayes to answer the question: if Tea Party freshmen vote to not raise our debt ceiling as they vowed to d...

Nov 5, 2010 / Audio / Chris Hayes

City of Ruins

City of Ruins City of Ruins

Camden, New Jersey, stands as a warning of what huge pockets of America could turn into.

Nov 4, 2010 / Feature / Chris Hedges

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