Mar 31, 2013
The flip side of technology – killing jobs and elevating Republicans. This week -- economist Simon Johnson and political scientist Ian Millhiser along with Congressman David Cicilline on the immoral Republican budget.
Economist Simon Johnson explains that economic inequality is due in large part to the...
Mar 23, 2013
This week is the best of Toms! Author Thomas Frank .. former Congressman Tom Perriello … and Senator Tom Harkin.
Progressive author Thomas Frank takes on the sacred cow of bipartisanship. He says that all bipartisanship means is that liberals win the culture wars and conservatives cut regulations and social...
Mar 16, 2013
How should bankers responsible for the financial crisis be handled?
A former Fed official says throw ‘em in jail! And … Marco
Rubio … just a Romney with charisma.
A former vice chairman of the Fed says while Wall Street is looking
a lot better, Main Street is just slogging along. And he says a
number of...
Mar 10, 2013
A Bank of England advisor sneers at economic austerity … and a
historian invokes Donald Duck to explain how Americans got to love
the income tax.
Is austerity the way to go to get us out of the fiscal crisis? One
of the world’s leading economists says no, that austerity is a
“lose-lose” proposition right...
Mar 3, 2013
Wisdom from congressional alumni on domestic and foreign policy …
and a new senator urges common sense on sequestration.
Today, some straight talk from a couple of former Democratic
Congressmen. Tom Allen, from Maine, argues that bad things happen
when lawmakers ignore evidence.
Mike Barnes of Maryland, a...