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Walmart Greeter Back On Capitol Hill To Fight Retail Giant

Preeti Vissa, 06/20/12

Community Reinvestment Director, The Greenlining Institute

The message that government rules stifle economic activity is so pervasive that it's easy to forget that intelligent regulation can protect the economic well-being of ordinary Americans, preserving jobs and helping the whole economy.

Andrew Winston, 06/19/12

Founder, Winston Eco-Strategies; Author, 'Green to Gold' and 'Green Recovery'

We need all business sectors to man the barricades and take positions. Setting a 30 percent absolute GHG reduction goal by 2020 is in line with what scientists tell us we need to do, and it's unusually aggressive.

Alan Uke, 06/20/12

Founder, Underwater Kinetics; author, 'Buying America Back: A Real-Deal Blueprint for Restoring American Prosperity'

A consumer movement aimed at buying American goods, or goods from balanced trade partners, could save our economy. But to do this, we need more accurate information about where things actually come from. We need a detailed country-of-origin label.

Kristin Maschka, 06/20/12

Author, speaker and change consultant

If Gen X can set aside our cynicism, embrace our strength for commonsense solutions and turn that into a political voice for a practical and equitable answer to the funding gap, this is one "disaster" we have the power to prevent.

Nelly Yusupova, 06/20/12

CTO, Webgrrls International

Here are 10 tips for hiring the right technology consultant.

Allan D. Gilmour, 06/20/12

President, Wayne State University

The economic impact of public universities is undeniable. They employ thousands of people. They develop and contribute to their communities. They introduce new technologies, some of which result in new business opportunities.

Maurice Lopes and Stephen Temes, 06/20/12

Co-founders, EarlyShares.com

By making it possible to sell equity (shares of stock), this will open the door for more investors to get involved and fund private businesses. This will facilitate many more businesses coming into the market, because they will finally have access to the capital they need to get started.

David Karpf, 06/20/12

Assistant professor of political communication, George Washington University

They've called for a leap into online learning, but demonstrate no understanding of that field. They use the popular language of disruption theory without understanding any of its mechanisms.
This would make a good comedy if we were viewing it in the distant past. Instead it's a tragedy.

Joe Newman, 06/20/12

Director of Communications, Project On Government Oversight

Incredibly, even while we're still clawing our way out of the hole that Wall Street's greed put us in, there are some in Congress who are trying to rig the system in the financial industry's favor.

Robert E. Scott, 06/20/12

Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Research, Economic Policy Institute

Respect for the civil and labor rights of all workers, both documented and undocumented, is not only the right thing to do, it is the smart thing if Alabama wants to keep and expand its exports to Mexico and the jobs they support.

Montserrat Domínguez, 06/19/12

Editorial Director, El Huffington Post

Antonis Samaras's New Democracy party victory in Greece does not in and of itself solve Athens' problems, nor those plaguing the rest of Europe's capitals, but the bell has been rung, ending the round, and that gives Europe time to recover, though it will have to keep fighting.

Denice Kronau, 06/19/12

Chief Diversity Officer, Siemens AG

I often cry at work. I don't really like to, but I know that it's as much a part of who I am as my eye color.

Travis Morrison, 06/19/12

Director of Commercial Production, The Huffington Post

These are some of my memories and methods of wanting music so badly that I just reached out and grabbed it even before Napster made it easy and cool. Apparently, none of my cohort ever did any of this stuff. Either that, or they are doing that generational-amnesia thing.

Dan Solin, 06/19/12

Author of the Smartest series of books

It could be immediately implemented by employers. No laws would have to be changed. It would fit within the existing 401(k) structure. It's easy to explain.

His Holiness Karmapa Thaye Dorje, 06/19/12

His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje is the spiritual head of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism

The financial crisis in Europe, and the suffering caused by it, is something that has increasingly drawn my attention. The population of young people - my own age group - is particularly affected by it. Therefore, I believe that questions such as 'What is wealth?' and 'What makes us wealthy?' are more relevant today than ever before.

David Callahan, 06/19/12

Senior Fellow, Demos

Most of the coverage last week of the Fed study on household wealth focused on the gigantic financial hit taken by nearly all Americans since 2007. Dig deeper into the report, though, and it makes for even scarier reading.

Sanjay Sanghoee, 06/19/12

Banker; Consultant; Author of 'Merger', a financial thriller from Forge Books

President Obama's vision of universal health care will not die -- that much is assured. If it is wounded by judicial activism, it still has a chance to rise again, stronger and more pertinent, with a public option included.