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Some Jobs Taxpayers Don't Need to Buy

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Beatles, John Lennon, Jobs Summit, Paul McCartney, Works Progress Administration, Credit Default Swaps, Cooper Tire, Paul Krugman, Newpage, Economic Policy Institute, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, U.S. International Trade Commission, Fdr, Great Depression, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Can't buy me love Everybody tells me so Can't buy me love No, no, no, no From the 1964 Lennon/McCartney song, "Can't Buy Me Love" Maybe yo...

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Paul Krugman: Germany's Jobs, Unemployment Miracle Can Teach US

New York Times | PAUL KRUGMAN | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Larry Summers, Economy, Jobs Created, Jobs, Obama, Policy, Unemployment Rate, Deficit, White House, Unemployment, Germany, Brownshirts, New Jobs, Gdp Policy, Jobs Policy, Us Unemployment, New Deal, Works Progress Administration, Democrats, Stimulus, Recession, Unemployment Numbers, Great Depression, Labor, Labor Market, Gdp, Glenn Beck, Job Creation, Jobs Lost, Republicans, Business News

Germany's jobs miracle hasn't received much attention in this country -- but it's real, it's striking, and it raises serious questions about whether t...

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The Recession, President Obama and The Future. Do ideas matter?

Alan Miller | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Justin Fox, Nouriel Roubini, Economy, President Obama, Lawrence Summers, Barack Obama, Recession, US Economy, Financial Meltdown, Bruce Bartlett, The Future, Financial Crisis, Paul Krugman, Global Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Great Depression, Politics News
Alan Miller

Recently, the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, penned an article bemoaning the greed of bankers and hatred of politicians. Indeed, it has been a wid...

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New York Times Blames Workers for Unemployment?

Les Leopold | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment, Bailout, Wall Street, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Wall Street Bonuses, Great Depression, Business News
Les Leopold

A column in the Business section was about how the American worker is overpaid. They claim that if workers don't take cuts, these "overpaid" working stiffs will be the cause of another Great Depression.

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Of Billionaires, Bailouts and Bonuses

Les Leopold | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Financial Crisis, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street Crisis, Great Depression, Bailouts, Business News
Les Leopold

Let's weigh the pros and cons of the record bonuses going to Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley (and many others) during the worst economic crash since 1929.

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In Search of Men of Principle

Louise Mirrer | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Civil War, New York Draft Riots, Terrorism, Abraham Lincoln, Nazism, Neil Simon, Brighton Beach Memoirs, John Brown, Great Depression, Triumph, New York News
Louise Mirrer

Had Eugene and Stanley of Brighton Beach Memoirs been living in New York during the Civil War years, they might not have thought so highly of Abraham Lincoln's principles.

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Five Myths the Recession Taught Us

James Altucher | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Saving Money, Stocks, Inflation, Recession, Economy, Great Depression, Business News
James Altucher

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.

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One Year After Election Day: The Verdict on Obama

Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Bill Clinto, George H.W. Bush, One Year Later, George W. Bush, President Obama, Jimmy Carter, Economic Recovery, Great Depression, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

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?

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Martians in New Jersey: Remembering the War of the Worlds

Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Aliens, Hysteria, Anniversary, Hoax, Fake-News, War, Panic, Radio, Great Depression, Halloween, Orson Welles, New Jersey, New York News
Michael Kaplan

Orson Welles was a talented director, and, at the age of 22, a very naughty boy.

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Wall Street Has a Gambling Problem

Sen. Maria Cantwell | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Congress, Wall Street, Wall Street Casino, Maria Cantwell, Great Depression, Politics News
Sen. Maria Cantwell

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.

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Eighty Years After Black Tuesday

Jenny Darroch | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer Behavior, Wedding Anniversary, Consumer Spending, Economic Recession, Great Depression, Business News
Jenny Darroch

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.

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"Black Tuesday" and "Happy Days Are Here Again" at 80

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Income Distribution, Labor Unions, Black Tuesday, Tax Rates, Happy Days Are Here Again, 1929 Stock Market Crash, Socialism, Capitalism, Free-Market Economics, Barack Obama, Recession, Great Depression, Financial Crisis, Wall Street Crisis Mccain, Business News
Robert S. McElvaine

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.

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Echoes of a Distant Crash

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ronald Reagan, Public Option, Black Tuesday, 1929 Stock Market Crash, Franklin Roosevelt, Tva, Free Market Ideology, Conservative Economics, Barack Obama, Herbert Hoover, Great Depression, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

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.

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Great Houses of New York: River House, the Best Address, Part I

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Akron, Great Depression, Charles Adams Platt, Perkins Family, East River, New York, Mrs. James K. Smith, Ohio, Noel Coward, Marta Raymond, William Lawrence Bottomley, Foreclosure, Harlem River Houses, George Perkins Raymond, Laura Schellschmidt, New York News
Michael Henry Adams

How did I, an unknown from the provinces, black and gay, first find myself at lofty River House facing the East River?

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Author Morris Dickstein Interviewed for Upcoming Creative Time Summit

Zefrey Throwell | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Revolutions-in-Public-Practice, Dancing in the Dark, Great Depression, Art, New York Public Library, New York News
Zefrey Throwell

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.

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Bobby Woods | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Recession, Economic Crisis, Recession Fears, Economic Recovery, Brother Can You Spare a Dime, Music, Recession, Les Deux Love Orchestra, Great Depression, Politics News
Bobby Woods

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.

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Ralph Anspach: Economist Spent Decades Fighting Monopoly Game's Corporate Owner

Wall Street Journal | MARY PILON | Posted 10.20.2009 | Home

Read More: Monopoly History, Economics, UC Berkeley, Monopoly, Origins, History of Monopoly, Ralph Anspach, Great Depression, Monopoly Game, Landlord's Game, Monopoly Board Game, Hasbro, Supreme Court, Elizabeth Magie, Economist, Professor Anspach, Parker Brothers, Home News

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...

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The Big Dollar Bustout ... Is Too Big To Fail Still an Option?

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Subprime Crisis, Pentagon, Henry Kissinger, Somerset Maugham, Ronald Reagan, Bric, The Lost Generation, Federal Reserve, Twitter, Hitler, China, Reserve Currency, Woodrow Wilson, Slow Movement, Barack Obama, Thomas Mann, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel Prize, Sidwell Friends, Austrian Economics, Foreclosures, Russia, Rupert Murdoch, League of Nations, Timothy Geithner, Paul Krugman, Death in Venice, Jfk, Great Depression, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Stalin, Business News
Eric Ehrmann

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.

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Goldman Sachs' Black Magic, Here's How They Did It

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Government, Goldman Sachs, Finance, Banking, Financial Crisis, Corporate Communism, Recession, Great Depression, Business News
Dylan Ratigan

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?

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$2.5 Billion Budget Cuts: Paterson To Slash Health, Education

nydailynews.com | Kenneth Lovett | Posted 10.15.2009 | New York

Read More: US Economy, David Paterson, Education, Great Recession, Health Care Cuts, Health Care, Recession, Health Care Reform, Governer David Paterson, Education Cuts, New York Deficit, New New, Great Depression, New York News

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...

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Turn Goldman Anger Into Government Action

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Banking, Financial Crisis, Finance, Recession, Corporate Communism, Great Depression, Goldman Sachs, Government, Business News
Dylan Ratigan

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.

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Employers Cut Pay, Hours For Those Still On The Job

New York Times | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Lower Salaries, Great Depression, Benefits, Demotions, Labor, Unemployment, Employers, Economy, Salary, Jobless, Jobs, Fewer Benefits, Job Report, Recession, Pay Cuts, Downgrades, Business News

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...

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Artists Brighten Empty Storefronts During Gloomy Recession

nytimes.com | Diane Cardwell | Posted 10.13.2009 | New York

Read More: Artist Recession, Artist, Great Recession, Economy, Artists, Economic Crisis, U.S. Recession, Us Economic Crisis, York City Recession, New York, Great Depression, New York News

At the end of a dark passageway at the Port Authority Bus Terminal, almost 50 artworks have suddenly parked in a bright, spare gallery. ...

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It's Time to Teach Children About Money

Don McNay | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Keen Johnson, Kentucky Governor, Kentucky Guardianship Administrators, Children, Have and Have Nots, School Curriculum, Rowman & Littlefield, Cell Phone, Gambling, Bailout, Lexington KY, Dollar, Grade School, Timothy Geithner, Happy Chandler, Financial Meltdown, Great Depression, McNay Settlement Group, Ipod, Educators, Ky, Clu, Savings Rate, Education, Louisville, Son of a Son of a Gambler, Million Dollar Round Table, High School, Ben Bernanke, Teachers, Investments, John Mellencamp, Frugal, Main Street, Darwin, Keen Babbage, Financial Crisis, The American College, Richmond, Personal Finance, Impact, Casinos, Msfs, Structured Settlement, Lottery, Chfc, Handling Money, Kentucky, Payday Loans, Don McNay, Hank Paulsen, Slot Machines, Recession, Henry Clay High School, Credit Cards, Wall Street Bailouts, Wall Street, Vanderbilt University, Eastern Kentucky University, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Cssc, Extreme Economics, Too Big to Fail, Payday Leading, Business News
Don McNay

I'm convinced that most of the mistakes made handling money result from lack of information and bad habits formed in childhood.

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Despite Market Risks, Foreign Buyers Find Bargains In New York City Real Estate

Crain's New York Business | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York

Read More: New York City Real Estate, US Recession, Global Economic Crisis, New York Real Estate, Economy, Economic Crisis, Commercial Real Estate, Hsbc, New York Recession, New York, New York City, Great Depression, New York News

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...

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