Last night, the Republicans were blocking a variety of reforms meant to curb some of the most...
Category - Economy
God Bless America
The story of a woman who lost her home to foreclosure because of a $300 water bill.
The Machines Went Crazy
Oh. This is nice. CNBC is reporting that a Citigroup trading error was the trigger that sent the...
The Obama Boom
More good news: "The recovery is shaping up to be stronger than expected and there is little risk...
Quote of the Day
"Just the other day, in fact, the Leader of the Senate Republicans and the Chair of the Republican...
Oh Cramer. Not Again.
Yesterday's big headlines: Goldman Sachs Stock Price Plummets 'Fraud Charges' Goldman Sachs accused...
Goldman Sachs Charged with Fraud
This sounds like a pretty big deal. The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Goldman...
This Answers a Huge Question I've Had
For a while now, I've been wondering why the so-called populist Republicans and tea party people...
What Should We Cut?
On Morning Joe, they're talking in very vague terms about cutting the budget in order to reduce the...
Barack Obama: Smart Capitalist Investor
A reader, Joe Spencer, reminded me: Way way back on Feb 27 2009, the U.S. government waded deeper...
The Argument for Progressivism
Any argument for progressivism and against Reaganomics and deregulation should begin with a...
Which Policies Are Causing What Now?
Drudge is ballyhooing the following headline from the Washington Post: (The WaPo article originally...
The Hypocrite Half-Dozen
According to TPM, the following Republican senators voted for the jobs bill today, while also...
Senate Democrats? Hello? Anybody Home?
I've had Morning Joe on since around 7 a.m. this morning and I haven't seen a single Senate...
Noonan's Budget Deficit Hackery
Jon Chait wrote an excellent takedown of Peggy Noonan's latest column. In it, Noonan makes the...
A Job Is A Job
Like Ezra, I've been receiving more than a few comments and emails about my Huffington Post column...
'Feeling' the Recovery Act
This morning on Morning Joe, David Gregory asked whether Americans are "feeling" the stimulus...
Rachel Maddow on Meet the Press
Rachel is outstanding. By the way, accepting the money (or tax cut) is very different from praising...
From the 'No Shit' File
A Senate Democratic aide tells Brian Beutler about the Baucus version of the jobs bill: "This was...
Baucus Jobs Bill Fail
UPDATE: Harry Reid is scrapping the Finance Committee bill after determining there are too many...