An Alternative Trade Policy

Related: McCain’s Trade Deficit

Where is Sen. Barack Obama on trade and globalization? Few issues appear to so treacherously divide elite from majority opinion. Many middle-class and working-class Americans view globalization as destructive to the U.S. economy — forcing down wages, shipping good jobs abroad and increasing inequality. Most More…

McCain’s Trade Deficit

“Free trade,” said Sen. John McCain, the GOP presidential nominee in all but name, “ is the best thing that can happen to our nation. If I were president, I would negotiate a free trade agreement with almost any country willing to negotiate fairly with us.” He excoriates Sens. Hillary More…

McCain Policy Defies Math

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) says that his age provides him with the “experience that is the basis for sound judgment.” That raises a simple question. How could an experienced senator run for president in the midst of a recession and put forth an economic plan which is, frankly, incredible?

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A President in Denial

The economy had to be a major theme of President George W. Bush’s State of the Union address. In the weeks leading up to the speech, the message he’s been repeating, over and over, is while there are “storm clouds” over the economy, “the fundamentals are strong.”

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