Creating Saved Jobs

Harry Moroz, 11.25.2009

Drum Major Institute for Public Policy

The stimulus truly was a model of political compromise, providing that devilish mixture of effective public policy and politics.

American Dream: Dead or Alive?

Ben Mangan, 11.25.2009

This is a pretty hard time to make a case for the American Dream. But I'm going to anyway. I have always been an optimist and I'm a big believer in th...

Double Dip Recession?

Jill Schlesinger, 11.25.2009

Editor-at-Large, CBS MoneyWatch.com

I always get nervous when three or more people who don't study the economy or financial markets say exactly the same thing. This past weekend, it was ...

Does "Dr. Doom" Believe His Own Press?

Dan Solin, 11.24.2009

Author of the bestseller, The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read

Recently, "Dr. Doom" warned about a coming market correction. Should investors rely on Professor Roubini's crystal ball?

More Pain For You And Me: The Economy's About To Stumble

Andrew Reinbach, 11.24.2009

Journalist

Since the likelihood of more federal stimulus packages is low -- unless they're called something like a "jobs bill" -- this will mean more pain and an even slower economy.

How to Live On $0 a Day: Saving a Cherished American Holiday

Lesley Stern, 11.23.2009

Writer, counselor to the nouveau poor

Ask your neighbors over for a potluck Thanksgiving feast, just like the Pilgrims invited the Native Americans. Once you've enjoyed their delicious offerings, kill them and steal their possessions and property.

Vets Battle Unemployment and War Injuries

Aaron Glantz, 11.23.2009

Author, The War Comes Home: Washington's Battle Against America's Veterans

Recently discharged vets are joining the swelling ranks of the country's unemployed. They bring to the job hunt both special skills and training and, often, the terrible traumas and injuries of their military experiences.

2010 Could Wreak Havoc Again

Dan Dorfman, 11.22.2009

Financial Columnist, Market Commentator.

With less than seven weeks to go before we're in 2010, you'll soon be bombarded with Wall Street's annual new year's forecasts. You can be sure the predictions from the brokerage community will be decidedly rosy.

Economy Got You Down? DIY Therapy Is Here

Jenny Block, 11.20.2009

Writer and Author

I have never been in therapy. The thought led me to the bookstore to peruse the self-help aisle and low and behold there it was, just released, Get a Grip. Could I be my own therapist?

Navigating the Jobs Crisis: 3 Strategies for Real Economic Recovery

Jim Carr, 11.20.2009

COO for the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)

While there is legitimate concern over the size of the federal deficit, the threat to the economy of continued high levels of unemployment is more urgent. Unemployment is now the leading reason families are losing their homes.

Teabaggers and Boomers Don't Matter

Mike Papantonio, 11.20.2009

Senior partner of Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Echsner & Proctor

The next time you see a picture of a tea party protest, look closely and try to identify anyone in that crowd under the age of 30. If you identify as...

FDR Would Not Accept a 'Jobless Recovery'

David Woolner, 11.19.2009

Senior vice president of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute in Hyde Park NY

For FDR's administration, the notion of a "jobless recovery" would have been an anathema.

Job Creation and Recovery for All: African-Americans, Latinos and The Stimulus Part II

C. Nicole Mason, 11.18.2009

Assistant Professor, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at NYU

The Administration is mulling over the possibility of another stimulus bill that would focus on job creation. The likely companion to the American Rec...

In A Canyon, In A Cavern

Lita Smith-Mines, 11.20.2009

Attorney and Editor in Chief, Boating Times Long Island

I wanted to enjoy my fleeting feelings of karmic payback, knowing how many toxic loans were closed in these cavernous offices. Instead, I pondered: how many jobs in our altered real estate landscape were lost and gone forever?

What Ails Black Women, Part 1: Work and Wages

Philip N. Cohen, 11.17.2009

Sociologist at UNC-Chapel Hill.

For the first time in a long time, White women are more likely to have jobs than Black women. Why are Black women falling further behind?

Geese, Ganders and Governors

Alan Singer, 11.17.2009

Social studies educator at Hofstra University

Governor Paterson's proposal proposed budget cuts (and similar proposals in the other 49 states) are a recipe for an even worse economic disaster than we have had during the past year.

Topic #1 for the Upcoming White House Jobs Summit: How to Keep Clean Energy Jobs Here at Home

Phil Angelides, 11.16.2009

Former California State Treasurer

Absent clear and deliberate policies to keep green manufacturing jobs here, the market will do is what it has done in the past: continue to send good manufacturing jobs overseas.

Meaningless Fervor Over China's Exchange Rate Policy

Eric C. Anderson, 11.16.2009

Eric C. Anderson is a national security consultant

According to some pundits, Beijing's fixed exchange rate explains our trade imbalance with China and a end to this practice will aid the revival of manufacturing in America. Phooey.

Have You Been Unemployed For Over a Year...? Maybe Even Over Two Years..

Stephen Viscusi, 11.16.2009

America's Workplace Guru

By Stephen Viscusi Every day I hear from hundreds of people top men and woman in their field, who have, in their words "not had a bite...a nibble...

The Heels Who Caused The Recession?

Lloyd Garver, 11.13.2009

Writer and producer

Some feel the recession had to do with sneaky mortgages. Others believe it was the result of greedy Wall Street. All of these people should just look down at their feet -- shoes caused the meltdown.

Our Most 'Expensive' Citizens Can Become Our Climate Change Heroes

Majora Carter, 11.13.2009

People with jobs are better off than people without jobs. But it turns out that people with jobs are even better off if other people are fully employed too.