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Manufacturing On Planet Economus

By Dave Johnson On February 8, 2012  

Economist Christina Romer had an op-ed in the NY Times this weekend, Do Manufacturers Need Special Treatment? The question that keep coming back to me is why did she feel the need to write an op-ed to diss manufacturing? Is it just an economist thing? Or is she, like so many economists, from [...]

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Hold Cheaters, Fraudsters And Exploiters Accountable To Get Our Economy Back

By Dave Johnson On January 23, 2012  

The spiral-to-the-bottom and inequality we are suffering is not an inevitable result of globalization, it is what happens when we don’t hold cheaters and exploiters accountable and stop them. This is not just about Wall Street, it is the story of what has happened to our wages and benefits, jobs, factories, companies, industries, economy and [...]

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So You Want To Talk About Jobs?

By Dave Johnson On August 30, 2011  

Before leaving on vacation President Obama said he is going to talk about creating jobs in September. The latest word is he will give this speech next week. Campaign for America’s Future has put together some ideas for creating jobs. See our series Big Ideas To Get America Working:

The task is not [...]

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New, Major Poll Shows Again That Voters Want JOBS Not Deficit Reduction — Will DC Listen To The Public?

By Dave Johnson On July 28, 2011  

In the middle of the DC frenzy over a contrived “debt crisis” a new, major poll shows what other polls have shown: voters want Washington to act on jobs (and jobs fix deficits), especially in manufacturing, but don’t think that our elected officials are paying attention. By more than two-to-one, voters want Washington [...]

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