Mapping The New Deal

The Living New Deal Project at UC Berkeley has released an awesome interactive map showing every New Deal project in the country. Since the New Deal spanned from Alaska to Puerto Rico and Panama, you need a very wide view to take it all in:

Today, with interest rates at record lows and no inflation in sight, you might think the government would be undertaking a comparable surge of investment projects. Instead, after a brief-but-significant boost in 2010 associated with the federal stimulus bill, government investment has been falling:

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Elizabeth Warren 2016

It appears as though if we (Democrats, leftists, Labor, environmentalists, the reality-based, etc.) really want change, we need Elizabeth Warren leading the way. The strongest, most relentless, and most lucid voice of public service and public policy.

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Weekend Reading

An Autocratic King Scott Damaged The State
Debunking Goldbugs
Is The Filibuster Unconstitutional?
Rich Will Get Richer From New Tax Credit
Sorkin's Glass-Steagall Straw Man
Walker's Job Record An Unmitigated Disaster
What Is Shadow Banking?
Walker Stalled Inquiry

Midweek Reading

Americans For Tax Fairness
4 Years After Wall Street Crash, Regulation Of Financial Markets Still Spotty
House Oversight Committee Asks Walker If He Wants To Recant Testimony
Judge Orders Supermarket To Reinstate Full-Timers Per Union Contract
Milwaukee Drops In Park Ranking
The People In Charge Of Wisconsin Voting Machines
Rebuild The Pillars Of 1930s Wall Street
Selective Memory Fuels Rehashed RGA Attacks
Tax Foundation Up To Its Usual Nonsense
Walker Tax Cuts For Wealthy Will Cost Other Taxpayers

Moyers on Banking's Influence

John Reed on Big Banks' Power and Influence from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo.