Annie Lowrey

Is A Double-Dip Recession Right Around The Corner?

Slate | Annie Lowrey | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Debt Ceiling, John Boehner, Great Recession, Double-Dip Recession, Slate, Debt Limit, 112th Congress, Annie Lowrey, Debt Limit Deal, Barack Obama, Business News

What does the last-minute deal to raise the debt ceiling do to aid the flagging, faltering economy? Nothing. The economy is in appalling shape. Las...

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'Winning' the Higher Education Game

Zac Hill | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Peter Thiel, Gamification, Law School, Legal Education, Paul Campos, Annie Lowrey, Higher Education Bubble, Game Design, Sam Glover, Jesse Schell, Matt Leichter, Jane McGonigal, Law, College, David Segal, Zac Hill, Brenda Brathwaite, Gaming, Higher Education, College Debt, College News
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Clearly, the goal of the higher education system is not for everyone in America to get a JD or an MD or a Ph.D. But if you looked from a game design perspective, you'd very much think that it is.

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Weekly Audit: Will Obama Save Homeowners From Wall Street's Latest Fraud Scheme?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama, Andy Kroll, Bailout, The Washington Monthly, Foreclosure Crisis, Steve Benen, Annie Lowrey, Zach Carter, Laura Flanders, Wall Street, The Washington Independent, Grittv, Danny Schechter, Foreclosure Fraud, Foreclosures, Economy, Axelrod, Mother Jones, Tarp, Alternet, Business News
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by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger A massive foreclosure fraud scandal is rocking the U.S. mortgage market. Wall Street banks and their lawyer...

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Weekly Audit: Can Elizabeth Warren Save the Economy?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Elizabeth Warren, The American Prospect, Poverty, Regulation, Annie Lowrey, Jobs, Obama, The Nation, Kevin Drum, Kai Wright, Recession, Mortgage Crisis, Mother Jones, Tim Fernholz, Economic Inequality, Wall Street, Consumer Protection, Inequality, The Washington Independent, Economy, Politics News
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by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger President Barack Obama's decision to appoint Elizabeth Warren to set up the new Consumer Financial Protection...

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Weekly Audit: Save Affordable Housing, Help Revive America's Middle Class

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freddie Mac, The Washington Monthly, The American Prospect, Housing, Shamus Cooke, Annie Lowrey, Jobs, YES! Magazine, Ellen Brown, Fannie Mae, Affordable Housing, Alternet, Steve Benen, Truth-Out, New Deal 2.0, Rob Johnson, Treasury, Tim Fernholz, Economy, The Washington Independent, Politics News
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by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger Over the past decade, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac transformed themselves into some of the worst-run companies ...

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Suicides Among the Unemployed: A National Humiliation

Harold Pollack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Suicide, Annie Lowrey, Great Recession, Jonathan Cohn, Business News
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We've been hearing, in connection with the Ground Zero Mosque, that the atrocities of 9/11 were a national humiliation. I don't see it that way. What's humiliating is that we've failed to mount an effective response to human pain during an economic crisis.

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Weekly Audit: Are Handouts For Billionaires More Important Than Feeding Children?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democracy Now!, The American Prospect, Wells Fargo, Unemployment Benefits, Jobs, Annie Lowrey, The Nation, Overdrafts, Juan Gonzalez, Aid to States, Deficit Hysteria, Alternet, Bush Tax Cuts, Washington Independent, Deficit, Cra, Unemployment, Zach Carter, Overdraft Fees, Tim Fernholz, Amy Goodman, Subprime, Economy, Home News
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by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger The crazy conservative assault on government spending has become one of the most irrational economic policy d...

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Weekly Audit: Why Are Unemployment Benefits A Major Political Fight?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Seth Freed Wessler, The Washington Monthly, Jobs Bill, Unemployment Benefits, Danny Schecter, Jobs, Annie Lowrey, Robert Scheer, The Nation, Aid to States, Stimulus, Iowa Independent, Deficit, Steve Benen, Colorlines, Grittv, Unemployment, Foreclosure, Ireland, Economy, Home News
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by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger Congress finally authorized an extension of unemployment benefits on Wednesday, providing a critical life...

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Weekly Audit: Why Elizabeth Warren Should Head New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Matt Taibbi, Democracy Now!, Elizabeth Warren, Sec, Tbtf, Stacy Mitchell, Financial Reform, Annie Lowrey, Overdrafts, Cop, YES! Magazine, Kevin Drum, Alternet, Financial Fraud, Goldman Fraud, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Reform, Goldman Sachs Fraud, Mother Jones, Zach Carter, Overdraft Fees, Goldman Settlement, Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzales, Too Big to Fail, The Washington Independent, Home News
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by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger With the Wall Street reform bill finally cleared through Congress, activists and intellectuals are pushin...

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Weekly Audit: Brown-Nosing Wall Street Reform

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Brown, Foreclosures, Right to Rent, Greg Kaufmann, The American Prospect, Annie Lowrey, The Nation, Mortgage Crisis, Alternet, Foreclosure Crisis, Wall Street Reform, Truthout, Mother Jones, Zach Carter, Andy Kroll, Financial Crisis, Tim Fernholz, Subprime, Wall Street, The Washington Independent, Economy, Dean Baker, Home News
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by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger More than two years after the collapse of Bear Stearns, the House and Senate finally ironed out their differ...

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Weekly Audit: Financial Reform Makes Headway, Jobs And Social Security In Jeopardy

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Kuttner, Debtor's Prisons, The American Prospect, Social Security, Derivatives, Annie Lowrey, Jobs, Bernie Sanders, The Nation, Volcker Rule, Unemployment Rate, Alternet, Deficit, Laura Flanders, Wall Street Reform, Unemployment, Economy, The Washington Independent, Home News
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by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger Two critical Wall Street reforms, once declared dead by U.S. megabanks, are suddenly close to Congressional ...

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Weekly Audit: Deficit Reduction = Selling Out to Wall Street

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: International Monetary Fund, The Washington Monthly, The American Prospect, Social Security, Regulation, Jobs, Imf, Annie Lowrey, Federal Reserve, The Nation, Alternet, Steve Benen, Deficit, Bank Lobby, Economic Policy, Tax, Securities, Washignton Independent, Privatization, Warren Buffett, The Fed, Social Services, Tim Fernholz, Wall Street, Economy, Dean Baker, Home News
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by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger In the fall of 2008, decades of finance-first, bankers-know-best economic policies coalesced to create one of...

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