Economic Recovery

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Recovery: The New Black

Harry Shearer | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Recovery, Wall Street, Bailout, TARP Money, Toxic Assets, Ben Bernanke, Economic Recovery, Business News

Are the green shoots real, or are the government economy-minders taking premature credit to dampen populist anger? Let's hope they aren't simply seeing some dandelions in the lawn and calling it springtime.

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Feeding the Ducks on Wall Street

Michael J. Panzner | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Insider Trading, Economic Recovery, Wall Street, Private Equity, Economy, Stock Market, Business News

Many of those at Main Street's front lines are following the old Wall Street dictum: When the ducks are quacking, feed them.

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Chairman Bernanke, We Don't Believe It Is Over

Michelle Kraus | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

There is a reason that the American people are losing ObamaHope. It's not just unemployment. The reality cuts much deeper than the everyday lives of normal people.

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Can Man Challenges End Of Recession

Dan Dorfman | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Morgan Stanley, Recycling, Supermarkets, Soda Cans, Timothy Geithner, Ben Bernanke, Economic Recovery, Aluminum Cans, Recession, New York News

Such informed financial minds as Ben Bernanke and Tim Geithner have been telling us for months the recession is history, but just maybe they ought to chat with a can man.

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Obama Must Tame Finance at G-20 Summit: Here's How

Ann Pettifor | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Debt, G20 Summit, Bank Lending, Deflation, Bailout, Financial Sector, Lending, Financiers, President Obama, Green New Deal, Aig, Monopolisation, Economic Recovery, Pittsburgh, g20, Business News

We are in the middle of a monumental political conflict with very high stakes. On one side: politicians and regulators battling for the interests of middle-class Americans. On the other: the banks.

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The Economisseds

Harry Moroz | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Douglas Rushkoff, Nancy Folbre, Unemployment, Economics, Prolonged Unemployment, Economic Recovery, Paul Krugman, Stimulus, Markets, Business News

Is market recovery really the same thing as economic recovery?

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Why the President Has Been Losing on Health Care, and What He Needs to Say

Drew Westen | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Speech on Health Care, Public Option, Roe v Wade, Death Panels, Olympia Snowe, Ronald Reagan, Michael Dukakis, Pension Plans, George Bush, Washington Post, Taxpayers, Economic Recovery, Great Depression, Uninsured, Barack Obama, Chuck Grassley, Al Qaeda, 401k, Bill Clinton, Brown v Board of Education, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Fdr, Medicare, Medicaid, Electronic Records, Health Care, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Politics News

At this historic moment, the White House has determined that the best way to win the center is to tack right. But sometimes, the best way to win the center is not to move to the center, but to move the center.

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Hard Labor

Robert Kuttner | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert Kuttner, Recovery, Labor Day, Economy, Bob Kuttner, Economic Recovery, Recovery Act, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Second Stimulus, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Health Care, Business News

There are three parts to the woes of American workers -- falling wages, rising unemployment, and insecurity about the future. More robust policies could improve all three.

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The Real News About Jobs and Wages -- An Ode to Labor Day

Robert Reich | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Job Numbers, Unemployment, Robert Reich, Unemployment Rate, Economic Crisis, Economic Recovery, Business News

I keep hearing that the economic meltdown has taken a huge toll on the stock portfolios of the rich. That's true. But the rich haven't lost nearly as much of their assets, proportionately, as everyone else.

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Shaping the Legacy of the Recovery Act: A View from the States

David Adkins | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, David Adkins, Indiana, Economy, Mitch Daniels, Council of State Governments, Georgia, Economic Recovery, Joe Biden, Politics News

While the New Deal was about federal agencies, the Recovery Act is about federal partnership, with states leading the charge in providing essential services to the vulnerable while jump-starting economic growth.

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On Labor Day, Goodwill Sees Reason for Hope, Time to Build Skills

Jim Gibbons | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Workforce, Labor Day, Work, Economic Crisis, Recession Fears, Jobs, Community, Economic Recovery, Goodwill, Health Care, Recession, Business News

Many local Goodwills around the country are placing people in employment opportunities in diverse industries such as technology, healthcare, food services, banking, computer programming and manufacturing.

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Tony Soprano To The Rescue As Gov't Faces Mob Threat

Danny Schechter | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Sam-Antar, Tony Soprano, Economic Recovery, Barack Obama, Economic Crisis, Business News

Inside a transcript based On top secret National Security Agency surveillance tapes, Tony Soprano discusses the stimulus.

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The Recovery Act in Action

Jared Bernstein | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Stimulus Package, Jared Bernstein, Economic Recovery, Stimulus, Business News

The Recovery Act is working, and if you're only noticing that things are still bad without noticing that they're getting better, you're looking at the wrong benchmarks.

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The "Fits and Starts" Recovery

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, Economic Recovery, Gdp, Economic Growth, Financial Bailout, Recession, Business News

At the beginning of the year GDP was dropping and we were bleeding jobs at 600,000/month. Given that, we're not going to rebound to a 3% growth rate in a few months; it's just not going to happen.

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What Will an Economic Recovery Build Upon?

Garrett Johnson | Posted 09.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Foreclosures, Price Increases, Housing Numbers, Foreign Trade, Fiscal Health, Green Shoots, Economic Recovery, Consumer Spending, Recession, Reinflating the Housing Bubble, Housing Bubble, Fundamentals of the Economy, Business News

The economy: Has it bottomed? Are we recovering? Will we see a "V" shaped bounce? Or a "U"? Or a "W"? Let's examine exactly what is going to lead this economy out of our deep recession.

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The Myth of the Black Swan

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 09.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Recovery, Economy, Black Swan Event, Economic Rules, Economic Recovery, Black Swan, Economic Theory, Recession, Business News

This is the third time that I have been through an economic event where there were groups of people who said the old methods of analysis didn't apply. As I will demonstrate, nothing could be farther from the truth.

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30% Unemployment, Pre-Recession: Immigrant Communities Need Real Recovery

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Chinatown, ARRA 2009, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Income Inequality, People of Color, Structural Racism, Community Organizer, Racism, Economic Recovery, Immigrants, Racial Disparities, Inequity, Safety Net, Recession, Politics News

For communities of color, 'recovery' can be a vapid term. People of color consistently face rates of unemployment higher than what whites experience in the worst recessions.

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What the Hell Is a Jobless "Recovery?"

Daniel Denvir | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ben Bernanke, Recovery, Economic Recovery, Unemployment, Gdp, Jobless Recovery, Town Hall Meetings, Barack Obama, Politics News

The government, media and establishment economists are measuring recovery by the GDP and stock prices, the same measures used to qualify our previous bubbles as reflecting real economic well-being.

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Too Soon to Call a Housing Bottom

Alan Schram | Posted 09.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Business News, Mortgages, Housing Crisis, Housing Bubble, Economic Recovery, Economy, Recession, Business News

Consensus seems to be that the housing market bottomed. But I have my doubts.

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Recovery in Sight? Not for Schools

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Economic Recovery, Illinois School Funding, Recession, School Funding, Politics News

With staggering unemployment in low income and minority communities, trouble expanding access to health care, and school funding likely to be lousy for years to come, it's a tough time to be an urban kid in America.

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Ben Bernanke Says U.S. Economy On Cusp Of Recovery

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Jackson Hole, Finance, Banks, Bernanke, Recession, Federal Reserve, Obama, Stimulus, Fdic, Economic Stimulus Package, Wyoming, Economic Recovery, Ben Bernanke, Economy, Financial Crisis, Business News

JACKSON, Wyo. — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday offered his most optimistic outlook since the financial crisis struck, saying th...

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Weak Job Market Could Dampen Economic Recovery

AP | By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Leading Indicators, Job Market, Jobs, Economic Recovery, Jobless Rate, Unemployment Rate, Recession, Business News

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Searching for the Crisis and Finding It

Danny Schechter | Posted 09.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Hunger, Unemployment, Banks, Denial, Consumer Spending, Who Needs Credit Cards, Economic Crisis, Economic Recovery, Recession Not Over, Recession, Business News

Out in the street, you notice fewer cabs and town cars. There are retail vacancies on every block. Stores are discounting everything. When JC Penny opened in Midtown, 15,000 people applied for 500 jobs.

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More Signs of an Economic Bottom Emerge

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 09.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, Jobs, Economic Recovery, Gdp, Unemployment, Economic Recession, Recession, Business News

We're not talking about one country; we're seeing data emerge from a variety of countries on a variety of continents that growth is returning. We have strong reason to believe the worst is over.

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