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New Unemployment, Old Solutions

By Eric Lotke
November 6, 2009

Today’s unemployment data contain gloomy news. Gloomy, but expected. The interpretation of the data is even worse. read more »

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Getting Serious With China -- New Pipe Tariff

By Dave Johnson
November 6, 2009

The Obama administration is taking steps to begin rebalancing trade with China -- and creating JOBS. In this case it looks like China has been "dumping" steel pipes --selling at prices that are below market -- to capture business away from American companies, causing them to close factories and lay off workers. read more »

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Bernanke Solves The Wrong Deficit

By Eric Lotke
October 19, 2009

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke recognized today that America’s trade deficit played a central role in the global economic crisis. Then after he recognized the problem, he went on to solve a different one. read more »

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Fed Chief Says Trade Imbalance Helped Cause Crisis

By Dave Johnson
October 19, 2009

Here is some news for you: Fed Chief Cites Trade Imbalances’ Role in Crisis, read more »

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A Possible Change In NAFTA Trade Policy?

By Dave Johnson
October 17, 2009

This is interesting: US, Mexico, Canada to hold talks on NAFTA.

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Major Free-Trade Economist Says China Tire Tariffs "Part Of The Rules"

By Dave Johnson
October 8, 2009

The Wall Street Journal's Real Time Economics blog wrote this yesterday: read more »

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How The Climate Change Bill Can Help Save 4 Million Jobs

By Isaiah J. Poole
October 2, 2009

Taken out of context, this argument sounds almost like a right-wing or corporatist knock against the climate change bill that's pending in the Senate: The bill that was introduced this week by Sens. read more »

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Obama and China: Vandalism or Vision?

By Robert Borosage
September 30, 2009

"Vandalism" screams the cover of The Economist, depicting President Obama leaving an ice pick in the tire of free trade. (No racial overtones there; after all, as the president explained, he was black before he was elected.)

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G-20 Promises: What They Mean

By Eric Lotke
September 25, 2009

The G-20 Summit is wrapping up today. We can compare its performance to promises made in advance. Leaders discussed financial markets, of course, but they also made promises about jobs and work. Some highlights: read more »

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G20 Thursday -- The Issues

By Dave Johnson
September 24, 2009

I am in Pittsburgh for the G20. The big issues here are,

  • Economic restructuring to prevent another collapse, including regulation of banks, with banker pay a key component of what other countries are identifying as a problem,
  • Trade imbalances,
  • Climate,
  • Jobs, and
  • Jobs.
  • And jobs.

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