Felix Salmon (finance blogger, Reuters), Dan Gross (economics editor, Yahoo! Finance), Molly Ball (political correspondent, The Atlantic), Joe Williams (political reporter), Dean Baker (economist and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research) and Yoram Bauman (environmental economist and fellow, Sightline Institute).
‘Viewpoint’ for
How to jump-start the economy in light of anemic June jobs report
“It is not the government’s job in a recession to fire a bunch of good middle-class government workers.” —Felix Salmon watch video
‘We need to get out there and compete’: Spitzer calls for a spark to kick-start US manufacturing
“It is time to stop grousing and start doing on many levels.” —Eliot Spitzer watch video
Between a rock and a hard place: Obama must walk ‘deft line’ on economy
“If you say things are lousy, that’s the next Web commercial that the Romney campaign is going to run. So he has to find some way to walk that deft line between ‘things are getting better’ — although not [...] watch video