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Afternoon Must-Read: Robert Reich: The Conundrum of Corporation and Nation - Washington Center for Equitable Growth

American corporations. They’re in business to make profits and maximize their share prices, not to serve America…. Because of the overwhelming clout of American firms on U.S. politics, Americans don’t get nearly as good a deal from their governments as do Canadians and Europeans…. So it shouldn’t be surprising that even though U.S. economy is doing better, most Americans are not…. What’s the answer to this basic conundrum? Either we lessen the dominance of big American corporations over American politics. Or we increase their allegiance and responsibility to America. It has to be one or the other…
#Political-Economy #Robert-Reich #Corporations - equitablegrowth.org

FEBRUARY 2012 VERSION: Budgeting and Macroeconomic Policy: A Primer: The Honest Broker - Washington Center for Equitable Growth

One of the things that was supposed to get done in January but didn’t was a revision of this piece–it is now three years out-of-date, after all, and while it is still useful it is less useful than it was, or would be were I to properly review and update it. But it did not get done in January. It is not going to get done in February. So I am putting it up both as a useful (albeit somewhat out of date) resource, but primarily as a reproach to myself to get cracking on the revision in my copious spare time…
#Macroeconomics #Fiscal-Policy #Political-Economy #The-Honest-Broker #Politics - equitablegrowth.org