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- 2171 Views
- 20 Comments
Middle Class: “Help, I’m MELTING!”
JUNE 14, 2012 8:35AM
Topics: politics, economy, joseph stiglitz, the price of inequality: how today's divided society endangers our future, fed survey, economic meltdown, middle class, loss of net worth, democracy now, amy goodman, jamie dimon, great recession, great depression
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- 6849 Views
- 36 Comments
Frontline’s “Money, Power & Wall Street”
MAY 2, 2012 1:18PM
Topics: and paul volker, christine romer, joseph stiglitz, robert reich, dodd-frank financial reform act, glass-steagall act, jeb hensarling, larry summers, president barack obama, timothy geithner, episode 3, power & wall street”, “money, frontline documentary, derivatives, wall street abuses, timothy geithner legacy, obama presidency, bank bailout, recession of 2007-09, economic meltdown, finance, economics, politics
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- 9875 Views
- 108 Comments
Sorry! The lifestyle you ordered is currently out of stock
JANUARY 12, 2012 8:22AM
Topics: politics, economy, jobs, mitt romney, the lifestyle you ordered is currently out of stock, dealing with the downturn, the unemployed, gen y economy, student loan debt, economic expectations, baby boomers, the great recession, economic meltdown, “recovery”
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- 2474 Views
- 30 Comments
We Need Demand, Not Deregulation
OCTOBER 13, 2011 8:33AM
Topics: republican primary campaign, michele bachmann, rick santorum, rick perry, mitt romney, pnc small business survey, pnc financial services group, “fact check: regulations not a huge jobs killer”, associated press, npr, scott holstein, kim and scott’s gourmet pretzels, deregulation as a cause of job growth, regulation as a cause of economic stagnation, deregulation, regulation, double dip recession, economic recovery, economic meltdown, unemployment, joblessness, economy, politics
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- 2489 Views
- 17 Comments
The Supercommittee: A Titanic for Our Times
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 8:34AM
Topics: obama administration, mitt romney, alternative minimum tax for corporations, dick cheney, warren buffett, gridlock, john kyl, supercommittee, congressional budget office, cbo, douglas elmendorf, “budget chief seeks wholesale reordering of government priorities”, l.a. times, lisa mascaro, economic recovery, economic meltdown, economy, business, politics, sequestration
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- 7044 Views
- 121 Comments
Middle Class Meltdown
AUGUST 25, 2011 8:32AM
Topics: economy, finance, jobs, unemployment, economic meltdown, middle class, disappearing middle class, business insider, businessinsider.com, michael snyder, 22 statistics that prove the middle class is being systematically wiped out of existence in america, economic trends, falling standard of living, systemic restructuring of economy, jobless recovery. new face of poverty in america, downward mobility, hollowed-out economy, jobless recovery, 2007-09 recession, great recession
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- 2467 Views
- 31 Comments
Are we on the brink of a national tax revolt?
MARCH 16, 2011 8:34AM
Topics: politics, economy, finance, economic meltdown, tax revolt, proposition 13, jerry brown, california budget crisis, state deficits, antonion r. villaraigosa, center on budget and policy priorities, nelson a. rockefeller institute of government at the state university of new york in albany, donald j. boyd, nassau county new york, edward mangano, matthew gardner, institute on taxation and economic policy, san carlos, san mateo county, howard jarvis, tea party
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- 2490 Views
- 52 Comments
Food Stamps Soar, Jobs Offshore
NOVEMBER 11, 2010 8:27AM
Topics: muckrock food stamp article, economy, finance, recession, economic meltdown, food stamps, snap, supplmentary nutrition assistance program, growth in food stamps, polaris, offshoring, manufacturing, recovery, hunger in america, whirlpool, dell, pipestone wind turbine plant, suzlon, minneapolis star tribune, “the old world”, india, china, brazil, atvs, u.s. manufacturing in mexico, economic policy institute, massey energy, job-based economy, ted c. fishman, “polaris exec defends plan to shift some manufacturing to mexico”, “numbers on food stamps are soaring”, “in u.s., 14% rely on food stamps”, “these families shop when aid arrives”, new york times, wall street journal
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- 4852 Views
- 40 Comments
It Was a Jobs Bubble, Too
AUGUST 1, 2010 9:00PM
Topics: july jobs report, americorps, ccc, what would roosevelt do, hollowing out of the american economy, pointless speculation, conservative economic theory tax cuts, four deformations of the apocalypse, speculation economy, job bubble, chronic unemployment, unemployment, jobs, "david stockman and the gop welfare state", robert shiller, david stockman, new york times, oped, economic recovery, economic meltdown, real estate conservation corps, finance, economy, matt taibbi, politics, news
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- 4344 Views
- 28 Comments
Why We Lurch from Disaster to Disaster & How to Fix It
MAY 20, 2010 8:53AM
Topics: epic fail, public policy, business, e. coli. politics, usda, upper big branch mine disaster, war in iraq, george w. bush, massey energy chairman don blankenship, drill baby drill, rush limbaugh, exxon valdez, brian b. o’neill, mississippi governor haley barbour, citizens united decision, 501(c)4s, richard shelby, market talk blog, paul vigna, joyce appleby, government regulation, charlie savage, luke mitchell, transocean, halliburton, bp america, three mile island, bp deepwater horizon oil disaster, ideological rigidity, technology will fix it, short-term perspectives, short memories, political capture, regulatory capture, reactive government, man-made disaster, 911, gulf oil spill, economic meltdown, hurricane katrina, war on terror, disasters
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- 8652 Views
- 25 Comments
Double Dip: Will We Repeat 1937?
MARCH 4, 2010 8:38AM
Topics: federal deficit, does pursuit of self-interest improve society?, john reed, john bogle, keynesians, paul volker, economic meltdown, mortgage crisis, foreclosures, unemployment, jobs, bill clinton, disenfranchised patriots, glass-steagall, jim bunning, wayback machine, sarah palin, mitt romney, ron paul, tim pawlenty, goldman sachs, bank bailouts, aig, tea party, cato institute, tarp, stimulus, commonwealth club of california, andrew leonard, larry summers, barack obama, nobel laureate in economics, dr. joseph stiglitz, recession of 1937, roosevelt, wpa, great depression, double dip recession, business, politics, finance, economics, roosevelt recession of 1937
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- 5046 Views
- 24 Comments
It’s Time to View Good Jobs as a National Resource
DECEMBER 10, 2009 9:10AM
Topics: recovery, unemployment, populist anger, small business tax breaks, spend our way out, robert reich, unemployment rate, joblessness, jobs, recession, economic meltdown, finance, economy, politics, business, workforce infrastructure, good jobs as a national resource, workforce development, stimulus plan, tarp
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- 12553 Views
- 65 Comments
Hated Roosevelt, Hate Obama: Paleoconservative Persuasions
NOVEMBER 5, 2009 10:11AM
Topics: belief/religion, politics, albert jay nock, our enemy-the state, republican talking points, great depression, opposition to roosevelt, glen beck, michele bachmann, sarah palin, rush limbaugh, barack obama, cato institute, anarcho-capitalists, anarcho-libertarians, libertarian, frank chodorov, murray rothbard, william f. buckley jr., ayn rand, paleoconservatism, neocon, statism, anti-statism, conservative, praise god but get even, franz oppenheimer, conservatism, right wing, economic bailout, economic meltdown, “great recession”, herbert spencer
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- 1590 Views
- 18 Comments
The Meaning of a Meaningless Recovery
OCTOBER 8, 2009 9:59AM
Topics: business, politics, finance, economics, great recession, recovery, ben bernanke, fed chairman, national bureau of economic research, economic meltdown, 5% unemployment rate, the new normal, unemployment statistics, jobless recovery
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- 1948 Views
- 20 Comments
California Budget Crisis: The Summer of Our Discontent
JUNE 11, 2009 11:08AM
Topics: taxes, gov. schwarzenegger, recession, state budgets, california budget crisis, economic meltdown, politics, finance, economy
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- 1006 Views
- 13 Comments
Now That We Own GM…
JUNE 4, 2009 10:35AM
Topics: economy, finance, business, general motors bankruptcy, gm, bailout, economic meltdown
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- Editor's Pick
- 1267 Views
- 9 Comments
Would-Be Retirees Confront the Doom Loop
JANUARY 22, 2009 12:14PM
Topics: saving for retirement, economy, economic meltdown, retirement, 401ks, retirement crisis, social security, pension reform
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- 744 Views
- 5 Comments
Duck and cover: Will this financial nightmare never end?
OCTOBER 6, 2008 3:45PM
Topics: wall street, financial crisis, economic meltdown, bailout
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