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During the course of the past few months, several myths came to bear on the struggling economy that will play out through 2010 to create enormous opportunities in the market and the economy.
Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
Has President Obama done a good job in office, or is he destined to suffer the same fate of Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush, as unmemorable, ineffective one-term chief executives?
Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.30.2009 | New York
Orson Welles was a talented director, and, at the age of 22, a very naughty boy.
Sen. Maria Cantwell | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics
Our nation's financial sector can act as a great force for job creation and production. We should not stand by and let their dimly lit casino bring us all down once again.
Jenny Darroch | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business
It's a shame we aren't talking about the 42nd anniversary, when the appropriate gift is improved real estate, or the 43rd year when the gift is travel or the 44th year where the gift is groceries.
Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business
In what must rank as one of the most ironic coincidences in history, "Happy Days Are Here Again" was recorded on the day that was to be called "Black Tuesday" and become synonymous with the with the onset of the Great Depression.
Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics
Eighty years ago this week, an enormous sound emanated from lower Manhattan and began to spread in waves across the nation and, eventually, the world.
Michael Henry Adams | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York
How did I, an unknown from the provinces, black and gay, first find myself at lofty River House facing the East River?
Zefrey Throwell | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York
An interview with Morris Dickstein about his new book, Dancing In the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression as well as what he plans on presenting at the Creative Time Summit.
Bobby Woods | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
It's time to be great again. Time to build a new kind of railroad, and make it run. Time to build a new kind of tower. Up to the sun.
Wall Street Journal | MARY PILON | Posted 10.20.2009 | Home
Ralph Anspach, an 83-year-old economics professor, spent decades locked in a real-life battle with Monopoly and its corporate owners. The campaign den...
Eric Ehrmann | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business
With efforts to rebrand America's national identity in the electronic media falling flat like a bad online date, taking away the dollar's too big to fail status might be the better wake up call.
Dylan Ratigan | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business
The question is not why did we bail out the banks. The question is why did we give the banks billions so they could buy assets by the trillions and keep the profits?
nydailynews.com | Kenneth Lovett | Posted 10.15.2009 | New York
Get ready for more pain. Gov. Paterson will propose $2.5 billion in budget cuts today - primarily in health and education - to close a mushrooming def...
Dylan Ratigan | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business
We don't want a government commandeered by those in our banking system who have failed and been passed over by technological advancements, innovation and flat-out smarts. But right now, that's what we've got.
New York Times | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business
In recent decades, layoffs were the standard procedure for shrinking labor costs. Reducing the wages of those who remained on the job was considered d...
nytimes.com | Diane Cardwell | Posted 10.13.2009 | New York
At the end of a dark passageway at the Port Authority Bus Terminal, almost 50 artworks have suddenly parked in a bright, spare gallery. ...
Don McNay | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business
I'm convinced that most of the mistakes made handling money result from lack of information and bad habits formed in childhood.
Crain's New York Business | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York
An Israeli firm's deal to buy HSBC Bank USA's headquarters at 452 Fifth Ave. for $330 million signals that foreign investors see Manhattan real estate...
Michael Shermer | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics
In Michael Moore's worldview, a goodly portion of the American people are ignorant, uneducated, clueless pinheads too stupid to realize the fundamental principle of a loan.
ft.com | Thomas Palley | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business
Over the past year the global economy has experienced a massive contraction, the deepest since the Great Depression of the 1930s. But this spring, eco...
Henry Blodget | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business
Regardless of what the jobs recovery eventually looks like, it hasn't started yet. The economy is still losing 250,000+ jobs a month.
David Murray | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago
A sampling of American speeches from 75 years ago reveals rhetoric both strange and strangely familiar.
Dylan Ratigan | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business
The spike in unemployment, the destruction of retirement wealth, the collapse in the value of our homes, the worst recession since the Depression have all resulted directly from the abdication of proper government.
Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics
So, what's the real 2010 Republican campaign message gonna be?: "Watch out Democrats, we're gonna be nastier, dirtier, more unethical and deceptive than ever.
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James Altucher | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business