Who’s to blame for the recession? The right-wing noise machine has pointed the finger at a bewildering array of targets: everything from burdensome regulations to too-high government spending and taxes to, of all things, the late, lamented (and chronically overworked and underfunded) community organizing group, ACORN. One institution that the right has targeted that has […]
Kathleen Geier
Kathleen Geier is a writer and public policy researcher who lives in Chicago. She blogs at Inequality Matters. Find her on Twitter: @Kathy_Gee
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The February Jobs Numbers: Glass Half Empty Edition
The new jobs report is out, the reviews are in, and it seems that even the most bearish of economists sound grudgingly optimistic. “[D]efinitely a better jobs report than we have become used to,” proclaims Paul Krugman. “Not good enough, but ok,” admits Atrios. Even the fiercely skeptical Dean Baker pronounces the report “reasonably good.” […]
