…But what is important is your carrying costs. Can you make rent and car payments and buy groceries and entertain yourself while paying down your principal balance on your revolving…

…“Things go better with Coke”. Because Coke paid good money to market that message. The results of the survey tell me something I have known for a long time, the…

…a co-ordinated approach,” Gerard’s submission read…. The Steelworkers have said it’s Chinese steel, not Canadian, that’s the intended target of “Buy American.” American steel-makers have long accused China of employing…

…addition to softening the blow of the downturn by extending jobless benefits (as flawed as the unemployment insurance system is). Meanwhile, giving AIG that money has been a great investment….

Hat tip to Pete Peterson and Paul Krugman who appeared on Tuesday’s edition Hardball and did terrific jobs of addressing the issues over Chris Matthews’ annoying interruptions. Speaking of annoying,…

…surprising legislative success is the GOP’s increasing control of Beltway influence-peddlers. K Street used to be a barrier to sweeping change in Washington. The GOP has turned it into a…

Lynne Parramor via Alternet writes a passionate post on Pete Peterson, Alan Simpson, and Erskine Bowles regarding Social Security. Along the same vein comes this quote from John Kenneth Galbraith…

*On-the-Record Media Call* Join Harvard University professor and economist Martin S. Feldstein and Peterson Institute for International Economics President Adam S. Posen today, October 10, at10:30 a.m. (EDT) for a…

…have a chance in a global economy where investments are seeking fewer Labor-intensive opportunities.  The increased funding necessary to go to college is the result of decreased governmental funding of…

…actually going to double in the next two years. He didn’t say how this miracle of mathematics was going to happen, so I have to assume St Peterson came to…