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If you want to know when the recession will be over and things back to normal, just look at the dates and overlay the 11.1 year cycle, and you will be pretty close to prognosticating the recovery.
We like to think that our economic woes are unique to our time, that ours is the first era in which our democracy seems broken. What we need is a little perspective. And a little understanding of who's responsible.
You might have thought things had changed in world financial markets since the U.S. subprime mortgage disaster. Funny that only three years later, the global financial system seems once again to be teetering on the brink.
While the statistics are startling and the challenges are daunting, single mothers (and fathers) are finding creative solutions. And "The Mom Network" is a big piece of what works.
Job-based healthcare plans now cost a whopping $15,000 per year for a family, with workers picking up $4,129 of that amount, meaning that workers' share of healthcare costs has risen a stunning 131% in 10 years.
Ever since I was in charge of the economics desk of a newspaper in The Netherlands almost 20 years ago, I have been convinced that recessions are subs...
There is no magic bullet to get us out of this bind overnight, but there are major things we can do to refurbish the economy.
Politicians beware -- the boomers are coming. Like drill sergeants you may bark your marching orders and expect unchallenged compliance. But this army will march to its own drum beat.
Retail sales have remained relatively flat this year. But how people choose to spend is shifting from a fear-based bunker mentality to one that balances basic needs with small luxuries and indulgences.
Corporate and financial elites have largely succeeded in seizing the current economic crisis of their own making to ram through attacks on social programs they've always despised. With Washington in their pockets they apparently believe that now is their time to contort the institutions of American society into a consortium servicing their narrow class interests. But the protests in Europe and on Wall Street are evidence that a growing number of people are on to them. The primordial moment for the pursuit of justice has begun.
Government workers precisely encapsulate what the founders had in mind for this nation. A government of the people. The Republicans don't want you to think about government like this, even though it's the centerpiece of the American-style representative democracy.
Progressive taxation is a palatable approach to deficit reduction embraced by the public -- unlike nearly every other deficit reduction approach.
Leaders of our nation's nonprofit sector are vehemently opposing the cap on itemized deductions proposed by President Obama as a way to help pay for t...
Student debt now totals up to $550 billion -- a significant part of the nation's debt. According to James Altucher, college costs have risen 1000% in the past 30 years -- outpacing healthcare, which has risen 700%, and inflation, which has risen "only" 300%.
Having an unemployed parent increases the risk for disruptions in nutrition, housing, and education -- all of which are important for a child's future.
The recession has hit all of us where it hurts the most -- in our wallets. If you're looking for ways to save money, don't forget to look to your co-parenting agreement for ways to make some cuts.
