House Speaker Paul Ryan has a terrible nightmare and it isn’t Hillary Clinton: Continue reading Paul Ryan’s Bernie Sanders Nightmare: The Progressive Vote Will Make It So | #OurRevolution on Blog#42
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Baltimore, St. Louis and beyond: profiles in gross disparities and deprivation | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
Baltimore
It wasn’t long ago, just over three months, in fact, that we were glued to our televisions, Continue reading Baltimore, St. Louis and beyond: profiles in gross disparities and deprivation | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
The Fed, economists, and African American #unemployment | Blog#42
Precious little is written anymore about economic policy and Black unemployment. Continue reading The Fed, economists, and African American #unemployment | Blog#42
Text and video of Hillary Clinton’s economic policy speech 7/13/2015 | Blog#42
Transcript and video of Hillary Clinton’s economic policy speech 7/13/15. Continue reading Text and video of Hillary Clinton’s economic policy speech 7/13/2015 | Blog#42
Hillary Clinton and Joseph Stiglitz’ rewriting of economic rules | Blog#42
Paul Krugman’s Derp op-ed didn’t materialize out of nowhere and, while it may have sprung from its author’s inner diva, Continue reading Hillary Clinton and Joseph Stiglitz’ rewriting of economic rules | Blog#42
Jared Bernstein: 2013 #poverty and #income results: Rising tide lifts a few boats, but the levee needs work
By Jared Bernstein
September 16th, 2014
They’re out and I’ve got an extensive analysis up at PostEverything. For here, some highlights.
–The poverty rate fell more than I expected last year–down half-a-percentage point from 15% in 2012 to 14.5% in 2013. It was fully driven by a sharp decline in child poverty rate, which fell almost two percentage points, from 21.8% to 19.9%, the largest one-year decline since 1966.
GOP: Tax Evasion as a Back Door Strategy | Jared Bernstein | On the Economy
By Jared Bernstein
July 20, 2014
My CBPP colleague Chuck Marr flags something important from a recent press release by Rep. Dave Camp, the Republican Chair of the tax writing committee in the House.
Continue reading GOP: Tax Evasion as a Back Door Strategy | Jared Bernstein | On the Economy
Maureen Dowd: Isn’t It Rich? | NYTimes
Maureen Dowd WASHINGTON — CHELSEA CLINTON never acted out during the eight years she came of age as America’s first daughter.
No ditching of her Secret Service detail. No fake IDs for underage tippling. No drug scandal. No court appearance in tank top and toe ring. Not even any dirty dancing. Continue reading Maureen Dowd: Isn’t It Rich? | NYTimes
