November 10, 2008
November 4, 2008
I don’t necessarily worry about how you’re voting, but here’s what Obama has to say about cities and economic revitalization. —AST
Obama in Toledo (via BarackObamadotcom)
2 months ago
October 31, 2008
“ A major infrastructure initiative would create jobs for the less-educated workers who have been hit hardest by the transition to an information economy. It would allow the U.S. to return to the fundamentals. There is a real danger that the U.S. is going to leap from one over-consuming era to another, from one finance-led bubble to another. Focusing on infrastructure would at least get us thinking about the real economy, asking hard questions about what will increase real productivity, helping people who are expanding companies rather than hedge funds.
October 29, 2008
October 28, 2008
October 24, 2008
October 23, 2008
“ I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interests of organizations, specifically banks and others, were such as that they were best capable of protecting their own shareholders and their equity in the firms.
“ Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.
October 22, 2008
“ As for what will happen to us next, I have no safe answers. If fair regulations are established and credibility is restored, people will stop walking around in a daze, roll up their sleeves and start picking up the pieces. Things unconnected with money will be valued more — friends, family, a walk in the woods. “I” will be spoken less, “we” will return, as people recognize that there is such a thing as the common good.
October 21, 2008
October 20, 2008
October 16, 2008
