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Economics
See also FAIR's resources on Trade and Labor.Extra! articles:
- It's the Economy, Stupidly: Jobs reporting protects Bush's job, by Peter Hart (9-10/04)
- NAFTA's Hung Jury: After ten years, an honest verdict is hard to find, by Roger Bybee
- The Railroading of Amtrak: Trains, planes and automobiles held to different standards, by Christopher Ott (7-8/02)
- Celebrating as the Rich Get Richer: Stock market coverage treats gains for the few as good news for all, by Dean Baker (7-8/02)
- Minimizing the Enron Fallout: It's an apolitical, bipartisan scandal that no one understands, by Peter Hart (3-4/02)
- Spinning the Tax Cut: Press helps out White House by minimizing the richest's gain, by Seth Ackerman (5-6/01)
- For Love or Money? Economics takes a backseat in network reports about working mothers, by Jennifer L. Pozner (1-2/01)
- We Feel Your Pain: Media Tell Workers to Learn to Live With Layoffs, by Janine Jackson (5-6/96)
- The Myth of Social Security's Imminent Collapse, by Doug Henwood (7-8/95)
- Limbaugh Out to Lunch in Budget Debate, By Jim Naureckas & Steve Rendall (5-6/95)
- Newsweek Puts on a Happy Face (2/96)
- Let Them Eat Baguettes: U.S. Press Teaches Austerity to French Strikers, by Janine Jackson (3-4/96)
- S&L Coverage Ignores Root Causes, by Patrick Bond (3-4/89)
- ABC Muddles the Social Security Debate: Not "everyone agrees" with distorted claims (1/14/05)
- "Political Dynamite" Fails to Explode: Extreme proposals of Treasury's O'Neill mostly unreported (6/13/01)
- U.S. News Offers White House Spin on Taxes (2/16/01)
- Ellen Frank on state of the economy (9/10/04)
- David Swanson on overtime pay (9/3/04)
- Lee Price on economic recovery (6/18/04)
- Mark Weisbrot on Brazil Elections (9/27/02)
- Ellen Frank & Scott Klinger on the economy (7/26/02)
- Ralph Nader on Corporate Scandals (6/28/02)
- Doug Henwood on U.S. Economy (1/11/02)
- Bob McIntyre on Economic Stimulus (10/26/01)
- Martin Teitel on Genome Coverage & Wenonah Hauter on Gas Prices (6/30/00)
- Seth Ackerman on Interest Rates (5/19/00)
- Nader on Changes in the Banking Industry (10/2/98)
- Wall Street's Media Mindshare (8/14/98)
- Dean Baker on the economic scene (1/30/98)
- Renouncing Sins Against the Corporate Faith (7/18/02)
- GWB and the Incredible Shrinking FDR (1/31/02)
- New Voices Needed In Coverage Of Budget Politics (9/30/99)
- In Treasury Shuffle, Media Dealing Same Cards (5/20/99)
- Going Hungry: News That Really Matters (9/24/98)
- Media to Americans: You Never Had It So Good (1/15/98)
- Economic Policy Institute . Often described as "labor-backed" in mainstream media, though they get less of their money from labor than the American Enterprise Institute gets from big business.
- Left Business Observer. Doug Henwood's insightful and well-written newsletter on political economy. Useful data links.
- Dollars and Sense. Subtitled "What's Left in Economics," provides wide-ranging, readable explanations of economic issues.
- United for a Fair Economy. Much eye-opening information on inequality.
- Preamble Center. An economic think tank that challenges conventional wisdom on trade, Social Security, etc.
- Corporate Watch. "Works to support efforts to build a movement for democratic control over corporations, human rights and environmental justice." Exposes of business greed, great links.
- Citizens for Tax Justice. Useful site for understanding regressive tax policies.
- The Bubble Economy. Follows coverage of the stock market boom.
- Center for Economic and Policy Research. Smart & current progressive economic analysis, from the current providers of the Economic Reporting Review.