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Showing videos filed under: The American Prospect
Robert Kuttner: Recovery Now, Deficits Later
December 8, 2010"We have to build one movement, so that Obama either acts like the progressive president we thought we elected in 2008, or we get someone else to run against him." Robert Kuttner, co-founder of the American Prospect isn't pulling any punches with his disappointment in Obama and his advisers. "It's his own temperamental desire to build bridges complimented with bad advice."Bill Fletcher Jr., Robert Kuttner, and Tax Cuts
December 7, 2010"This is about crushing the power of working people, we should be very clear," says Bill Fletcher, Jr. of the attacks on federal workers' pay. Freezing their wages isn't enough; some, like Rand Paul, say they should actually be cut. It's all more proof, Bill notes, that no compromise will be enough for Republicans, whether it's tax cuts or pay freezes or any other supposed economic recovery or deficit reduction tactics.Week in Review: Changing the Jobs Debate
November 21, 2009Since Obama is convening a jobs summit and soliciting suggestions on how to put people back to work (that don't involve the dirty word "stimulus"), we had Dean Baker and John Nichols put their heads together and talk about ways to create good, meaningful, well-paid jobs and rethink the way Americans look at work.Changing The Jobs Debate with Dean Baker & John Nichols
November 18, 2009Since Obama is convening a jobs summit and soliciting suggestions on how to put people back to work (that don't involve the dirty word "stimulus"), we had Dean Baker and John Nichols put their heads together and talk about ways to create good, meaningful, well-paid jobs and rethink the way Americans look at work.Changing the Jobs Debate, Hendrik Hertzberg, and Revisiting Maine
November 17, 2009The unemployment number officially hit double digits recently, though the actual truth is that it's been in double digits for a while. The Nation's John Nichols , author of Tragedy & Farce: How the American Media Sell Wars, Spin Elections, and Destroy Democracy calls the unemployment crisis a "social, economic and political threat," writing of the growing sense of urgency within an administration facing a purported recovery that hasn't extended to everyday people. Economist Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and author of Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy agrees, noting that unemployment is still a crisis for the families affected, who struggle to pay the bills and put food on the table.Class Warfare on Wall Street
September 30, 2008As protesters chanted “bailout people not banks,” and Fortune magazine declared a populist backlash against Wall Street, lawmakers reached a deal to move forward with the largest bailout in our nation’s history. Our roundtable takes a look at the protests on Wall Street and across the country last week, why most Americans aren't buying the bailout, and who stands to benefit from the legislation.What Obama's VP Choice Says About his Campaign, Justice with Monique Harden, and Bio Liberty
August 20, 2008With Obama set to announce his choice for VP, voters are weighing in on who they think should be his running mate. 100,000 Strong Against Evan Bayh for VP is a facebook page that describes Bayh as a “career legacy politician who fell hook, line, and sinker for the…war and dragged much of our party with him.” It only has some 4,000 signatories but they're aiming high.
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