Blog Archive: December, 2009


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Healthy Teeth and Eyes Not Actually Wasteful Extravagances

By Natasha Chart
December 31, 2009

In all the recent discussion about the Senate's proposed excise tax on health plans started by Bob Herbert's New York Times column, a policy that seems set to


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In Search Of A Just Transition

By Natasha Chart
December 31, 2009

Gladys Brache of the Sierra Leone Labour Congress spoke to an International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) meeting held in Copenhagen to coincide with the COP15 climate summit about the very minimal things her war-torn nation needed in order to build a functioning society, mainly coming down to education and technolo more »

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Trade Panel: China Steel Imports Violate Trade Agreements

By Dave Johnson
December 30, 2009

America is fighting back against China's violations of trade agreements! Recently President Obama imposed tariffs following Chinese violations involving steel pipes and tires. more »

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The Year's Best Book on Our Great Divide

By Sam Pizzigati
December 30, 2009

By every measure that matters, The Spirit Level helps us understand, relatively equal nations far outperform nations where income and wealth concentrate at the top.

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Bipartisan Blight

By Robert Borosage
December 30, 2009

Health care reform suffered the torments of partisan obstruction. Now gird yourself for financial reform and the perils of bipartisan blight.

In health care, lockstep Republican opposition caused months of delay, and empowered the likes of Connecticut's embittered Senator Joe Lieberman and Nebraska's compromised Ben Nelson to exact cankerous concessions to forge a super-majority.

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Excise Tax World: Where Dead-Tree Media Goes Viral Overnight

By Richard (RJ) Eskow
December 29, 2009

Conventional wisdom has it that print journalism (and its editorial columns) are dead. Tell it to Bob Herbert. more »

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China's Currency: Pushing Water Uphill

By Dave Johnson
December 29, 2009

Paul Krugman says Dean Baker is right, more »

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The President Gets It Wrong On the Excise Tax

By Richard (RJ) Eskow
December 28, 2009

The President came close to endorsing the so-called "Cadillac tax" when he was interviewed about health reform on NPR. Here's what the President said when the subject came up: more »

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Q&A With Responsible Pension Investment Expert Thomas Croft

By Leo Gerard
December 28, 2009

Leo W. Gerard: Tom, your new book, Up From Wall Street: The Responsible Investment Alternative, provides both cautionary tales for those responsible for investing workers’ pension funds and a field guide of practical assistance for institutional investors who want to use responsible investing (RI) techniques. Let’s start with the caution. more »

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An Exchange About the Excise Tax With Ezra Klein of the Washington Post

By Richard (RJ) Eskow
December 23, 2009

Ezra Klein has responded thoughtfully to my criticism of him.  I felt he should have mentioned the numerous studies which challenge the assumptions behind the excise tax, given his strong support for the tax. more »

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