by Erik Kain on October 8, 2011
An Occupy Wall Street campaign demonstrator protests in Zuccotti Park, near Wall Street in New York. Slogans can be tricky. Occupy Wall Street is learning this. There’s always a balance to be struck between catchy, memorable slogans and meaningful ones. When you start using a slogan to actually talk policy, that’s when this balance becomes [...]
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by Erik Kain on October 4, 2011
The American economy is stuck in a consumer debt trap. Consumers and businesses, not to mention local and state governments, are still in the dregs of a balance sheet recession. Without increased government spending to mitigate the demand crisis, there’s little chance the economy will jump start on its own. And while there are job-killing [...]
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