The Antidote to Our Pessimism: Change
For the first time in the 32 years over which they've been asking the question, Gallup reports that a majority of respondents believe they're losing ground.
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Healthy, Wealthy and Wise?
Andrew L. Yarrow | Posted 06.05.2008 | Business
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How did two proud symbols of American greatness from the late 19th to the late 20th centuries become emblematic of deep social and economic problems and the nation's slide from global pre-eminence?
U.S. Economy: The Worst is Yet to Come
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics
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This serious economic situation greatly raises the stakes of the 2008 election. What will the government do to help the victims of economic mismanagement, to provide health insurance, and to restart the economy?
Getting Real With GDP
Michael Pento | Posted 05.16.2008 | Business
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The Consumer Price Index claimed that consumer's energy costs were unchanged while the actual price of crude oil rose 12.5% and gas prices rose 11% -- that's some adjustment!
GDP Grew Last Quarter? Only If You Believe In Santa Claus
Henry Blodget | Posted 05.01.2008 | Business
The recession-deniers were out in force yesterday after the "better-than-expected!" GDP figures came out. Here's what they didn't tell you.
Momma Bear, The Recession and Obama
Paula Bruno | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business
Obama and Clinton would like the voter to believe that an increase in capital gains tax will lead to higher tax revenues for the U.S. government. However, history tells a different story.
It's Also the Tax Cuts, Stupid
Bob Greenstein | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
It's time for a reality check in the debate over putting the government's long-term finances back in order.
Economy Nearly Stalled in 4th Quarter
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 03.27.2008 | Business
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WASHINGTON — The economy nearly sputtered out at the end of the year and probably is faring even worse now amid continuing housing, credit and f...
Goldman Leads with "10,000 Women" Initiative
Deborah Siegel and Jacki Zehner | Posted 03.07.2008 | Business
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Goldman Sach's vision to empower women entrepreneurs with a business education is an important component in support of long-term economic growth.
Morgan Stanley: Recession's Next Victim Is Commercial Construction
Seeking Alpha | Gary Smith | Posted 02.21.2008 | Business
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Commercial construction is the recession's next victim, according to Richard Berner, writing in Morgan Stanley's latest Global Economic Forum. The sec...
Stagflation Fears Return
Wall Street Journal | Greg Ip | Posted 02.21.2008 | Business
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The U.S. faces an unwelcome combination of looming recession and persistent inflation that is reviving angst about stagflation, a condition not seen s...
Recession Fears: Worry Like It's 1989
New York | Michael Idov | Posted 02.04.2008 | Business
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The news keeps coming, each item worse than the one before. New-home sales fall 26 percent nationwide; the U.S. economy loses 17,000 jobs in January; ...
Recession -- Who Cares?
Barbara Ehrenreich | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics
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If hard times have already fallen on a majority of Americans, then "recession" doesn't seem to be a very useful term anymore.
Recession-Proof Your Portfolio
Yahoo Finance | Annie Sorich | Posted 12.26.2007 | Business
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There's lots of talk of a recession these days, making many investors nervous. What exactly is a recession? The technical definition is two quarters (...
News Flash: We're Broke
Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 12.23.2007 | Business
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We're issuing debt like it's going out of style. Bush's tax cuts were in fact tax deferments because they'll have to increase in order to pay for the spending for the last six years.
A Peaceful Revolution: Are Britain's Tories More Progressive Than U.S. Democrats?
John de Graaf | Posted 11.27.2007 | Politics
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Blueprint for a Green Economy represents an amazing step forward, a far-sighted, comprehensive critique of unfettered capitalism from one of capitalism's strongest bastions, the UK's Conservative Party.
More Ebb, Then Flow
Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 11.21.2007 | Business
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Officialdom seems frightened but announces good numbers. Meanwhile, the dollar slides, oil rises and we wait for the next shoe to drop. I think it is going to get worse before it gets better.
Fog or Cloud? GDP, Jobs and Everything Else
Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 11.02.2007 | Business
I process economic information and attempt to make sense of it for a living. I am having a rough go of it.
Is Our Society Based on an Economic Cancer?
Philip Slater | Posted 10.03.2007 | Business
We know that constant growth in any system cannot be sustained indefinitely without collapsing. Yet our entire economy depends on eternal expansion of the GDP.
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