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- Editor's Pick
- 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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- Editor's Pick
- 6865 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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- 1155 Views
- 8 Comments
Does Manufacturing Matter?
FEBRUARY 16, 2012 8:27AM
Topics: economic recovery, louis uchitelle, christina romer, robert reich, andrew n. liveris, dow chemical, apple, master lock, dow chemical, repatriating jobs, onshoring jobs, unemployment, joblessness, jobs, manufacturing, economic meltdown, economics, : business
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- Editor's Pick
- 9885 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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- 2546 Views
- 24 Comments
“Free Markets?” Look There’s a Unicorn!
NOVEMBER 17, 2011 8:32AM
Topics: business, economy, free markets, free market, free market solutions, free market malarkey, market distortions, market corrections, adam smith, milton friedman, friedrich hayek, economists, economics, robert reich, regulated markets, capitalism, conservatives, republican economics, behavioral economics, econ 101, 2012 republican primary, invisible hand of the market greed versus fear, market entropy, mexican drug wars, economic meltdown, unregulated markets, unicorns, unicorn sightings, unicorn denier
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- 510 Views
- 12 Comments
Post Corporate America: ethics, economics and freedom
OCTOBER 14, 2011 7:50PM
Topics: open call, consumerism, economy, ethics, materialism, corporates, economic meltdown, occupy wall street
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- Editor's Pick
- 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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- Editor's Pick
- 2490 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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- 1478 Views
- 10 Comments
The Sweet Inefficiencies of Small Business
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 8:30AM
Topics: french small business models, economic recovery, auchon, and casandra bischoff, ineke van der knaap, ingrid verheul, candice henriquez, jobs, underground economy, informal economy, institutions and culture, determinants of entrepreneurship in france: policies, indiana university, san francisco renaissance, entrepreneurship, small business, economic meltdown, economy, business, politics
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- 521 Views
- 5 Comments
Party Like It's 1900
AUGUST 27, 2011 10:10PM
Topics: satire, 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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- Editor's Pick
- 7046 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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- 1453 Views
- 30 Comments
What’s Your Story?
AUGUST 11, 2011 8:28AM
Topics: collective narrative, political process, tea party, analysis of conservative view of government, simple stories win, the power of facts in discourse, bootstraps, metaphors, guns & ammo, regulated capitalism, michele bachmann, alan milner, the power of story, new york times, drew westin, frank rich, robert reich, frank bruni, story trumps fact, facts, narrative, stories, libertarianism, magical thinking, economic meltdown, economy, politics
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- Editor's Pick
- 2470 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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- 853 Views
- 0 Comments
THE COMPANY MEN: A Grownups Movie
FEBRUARY 13, 2011 12:26AM
Topics: tommy lee jones, eamonn walker, ben affleck, bounce 2000, barry fitzgerald, rendition 2007, in the valley of elah 2007, iraq war, social network 2010, the black swan, the king's speech, masterpiece theater, nominations, chris cooper, michael caine, breach 2006, the oscars, atelier, the luxury market, austerity, status building, extravagance & excess, leo burnett, graziadio business report blog, organization & management, danielle l. scott, ann feyerherm, randy glasbergen, john wells, the west wing, one hour photo, robin williams, far from heaven, william wyler, the best years of our lives, dana andrews, fredric march, myrna loy, tim dirks, alan greenspan, goldman-sachs bonuses, rep henry waxman, bofa exec montag, shepard smith, fox network, rep barney frank, edward liddy, business ethics, foreclosure banking scandal, wikileaks banking scandal, madoff banking scandal, unemployment, econimic recovery, economic meltdown, recession
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- 1103 Views
- 10 Comments
Deficit Co-Chairs Gore All Oxen
NOVEMBER 18, 2010 8:25AM
Topics: : economy, finance, recession, economic meltdown, deficit, new york times, co-chairs’ proposal, president’s deficit commission, bowles-simpson plan, end mortgage deduction, rep. jan schakowsky, erskine bowles, alan simpson, bush tax cuts, “get a pencil. you’re tackling the deficit”, deficit reduction plan, national debt, david leonhardt, bill marsh, tackling the deficit, medicare cuts, social security cuts, u.s. deficit, domenici-rivlin proposal
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- Editor's Pick
- 2493 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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- 4853 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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- 639 Views
- 7 Comments
Liz Warren for Sheriff: New Agency Needs Her, We Need Her
JULY 28, 2010 5:02PM
Topics: news, politics, economy, finance, regulation, consumer affairs, consumer financial protection bureau, consumer financial protection agency, robert gibbs, elizabeth warren, washington politics, sheila bair, cfpb, congressional oversight panel, consumer protections, economic meltdown, the two-income trap: why middle-class mothers and fathers are going broke, amelia warren tyagi, consumer credit, bankruptcy protection, tarp oversight, zipco closet organizer, “pies pies pies!”
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- 750 Views
- 4 Comments
June Jobs Report: Recovery Slows to a Stall
JULY 7, 2010 8:56PM
Topics: paul krugman, long depression, stimulus spending versus austerity, business, finance, great recession, finance, stalled recovery, unemployment, u.s. labor department report, june 2010 jobs report, jobs, economic meltdown, economy, news
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- 778 Views
- 5 Comments
Amazing New Financial Tool: Cash!
JUNE 30, 2010 7:13PM
Topics: federal finance reform law, money tips, consumer spending habits, swipe fee, subtractive addition, mr. miser, ruth hayden, ed mierzwinski, u.s. pirg, retail trends, discounts for payment in cash, bank fees, cash is king, minimum purchase for credit cards, retail banking regulations, debit card swipe fees, interbank fees, credit card fees, cash, financial regulation, financial overhaul legislation, financial reform, economic meltdown, economy, news
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