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    We Need Demand, Not Deregulation

    OCTOBER 13, 2011 8:33AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    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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    • 15 Ratings
    • 2489 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    The Supercommittee: A Titanic for Our Times

    SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 8:34AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 3085 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Help Wanted: 7 Million Jobs

    APRIL 7, 2011 8:27AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: economy, finance, economics, politics, reducing government, march unemployment figures, u.s. bureau of labor statistics, tea party, 216000 jobs created, andrew sum, unemployment, jobs, jobless recovery, dislocated workers, labor participation rate, national urban league, job creation deficit, economic recovery, blue collar unemployment, workers at the margins marginalized, republican budget, hollowed-out economy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 2934 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    The Big Bad "Socialist" Stimulus Package and Me

    OCTOBER 20, 2010 12:03PM

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    Topics: economy, grant writing, grants, western north carolina, ginseng, tea party, paul krugman, obama, undemployment, jobs, stimulus package, economic stimulus, economic recovery, rural america, farms, small farms, economic development, recession, mortgage crisis

    • Editor's Pick
    • 32 Ratings
    • 4852 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    It Was a Jobs Bubble, Too

    AUGUST 1, 2010 9:00PM

    By Steve Klingaman


    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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 4786 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    The U.S. and Jobs: A Failure of Imagination?

    FEBRUARY 4, 2010 8:47AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: tags: moonshot 2.0, desperation whack-a-mole, jobs, joblessness, unemployment, economic development, green jobs, u.s. department of labor, adp report, davos, china, larry summers, china leading race to make clean energy, vestas, gridlock nation, protectionism, renewable energy, alternative energy, chinese firm shenyang power group, cielo wind power, u.s. renewable energy group, green energy, green energy jobs, recession, mancession, economic recovery, the u.s. and jobs: a failure of imagination?, jobs bill

    • Editor's Pick
    • 26 Ratings
    • 18800 Views
    • 52 Comments
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    Obama's First Year: a Long List of Underreported Successes

    JANUARY 6, 2010 11:18AM

    By J.E. Robertson


    Topics: healthcare, economic recovery, rights, environment, denuclearization, nobel, diplomacy, politifact, politics, 2009, barack, obama, open call, obama's first year

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1630 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    A Second Economic Stimulus Worth Supporting

    JULY 9, 2009 10:26AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: economy, economic recovery, stimulus, second stimulus, money, democrats, republicans, health care, healthcare, single payer, single-payer health care, public option, nurses, doctors, patients, medicine, drugs, jobs, unemployment, unemployed, reform, change, news, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 438 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    G8 Opens - Challenges Abound

    JULY 8, 2009 2:48PM

    By GaryBaumgarten


    Topics: recession, president obama, g8, economic recovery

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1785 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Obama's Press Conference on the Budget and Economic Recovery

    MARCH 25, 2009 9:26AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: energy, health care, jobs, unemployment, reporters, press, news, media, power, money, timothy geithner, goldman sachs, aig, corruption, greed, wall street, president obama, republican, democrat, economy, economic recovery, budget, press conference, obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 822 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    A Positive Economic Indicator For A Change

    MARCH 11, 2009 7:54AM

    By GaryBaumgarten


    Topics: economic recovery, gary baumgarten, mba, mortgages, news talk online, paltalk

    • Editor's Pick
    • 0 Ratings
    • 486 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Weekly Audit: The Battle for Wall Street Begins

    JANUARY 20, 2009 5:32PM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: barack obama, economic recovery, economy newsladder, fannie mae, financial crisis, freddie mac, george bush, henry paulson, newsladder, tarp

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