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No Hoax: Pass Employee Free Choice Act to Revive Economy

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Efca, Bailout Money, Ceos, Ceo, Employee Free Choice Act, Wall Street Speculators, Abraham Lincoln, Panics, Nlra, Anti-Union Lobbyists, Great Depression, National Labor Relations Act, Sub-Prime Mortgages, All-Clad, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

Workers must vanquish the new hoax being perpetrated by conservatives, greedy CEOs and other labor union-haters. Workers must win the freedom that they had in 1935 to choose how to form their unions.

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Don't Call It a Comeback

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer Confidence, Unemployment, Durable Goods, Foreclosures, Baseline Scenario, Green Shoots, Housing, Paul Krugman, Vox EU, Tyler Cowen, Wall Street Journal, Stocks, Great Depression, Economy, Inventories, Business News
Harry Moroz

This rather overwhelming response to the first "green shoots" of the economic crisis suggests that we've reached a significant, even threshold, moment that policymakers must utilize.

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Don't Turn the Recession into a Depression

Alan Schram | Posted 05.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Dollar, Interest Rates, Taxes, Housing Bubble, Business News, Federal Reserve, Obama, Tariffs, Financial Crisis, Great Depression, Business News
Alan Schram

Many compare the current economic crisis to the Great Depression of the 1930's. While their origins were similar, the denouement should not be.

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Ryan Grim

Global Economic Shock Worse Than Great Depression

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Great Depression, Kevin O'rourke, Recession, Barry Eichengreen, Economic Depression, The Great Depression, Business News

The global economic collapse of the last several months is already greater than the shock that hit the world 80 years ago, triggering the Great Depres...

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Brother, How Unemployed Art Thou?

Steve Proffitt | Posted 05.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Npr, Umemployment, Great Depression, Video, Economy, Living News
Steve Proffitt

A small video tribute to the now more than 13 million Americans who want a job, but can't find one. O Brother How Unemployed Art Thou? from steve pro...

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Recession, Depression and Therapy

Alan Miller | Posted 05.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Recession Fears, Depression, Fear Watch 2008, Recession Anxiety, Economic Recession, Recession, Great Depression, Living News
Alan Miller

We should challenge both the nasty idea that recession somehow will result in a cultural renaissance and the destructive one that we are all in need of therapeutic counseling.

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Lessons From The Great Depression

nytimes.com | JOYCE WADLER | Posted 05.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Depression Lessons, Great Depression, Living News

AT a time when life in America is beginning to resemble a roller-coaster ride on the way down and everyone is trying to find ways to save money, it ma...

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Great Depression Survivors Give Advice: How To Make Ends Meet (VIDEO)

New York Times | JOYCE WADLER | Posted 05.02.2009 | Home

Read More: Great Depression Veterans, New Recession, Great Depression, Economy, New Great Depression, Financial Crisis, Great Depression Survivors, Making Ends Meet, Home News

AT a time when life in America is beginning to resemble a roller-coaster ride on the way down and everyone is trying to find ways to save money, it ma...

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Why Ayn Rand Does Not Matter (and Viola Spolin Does)

Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.02.2009 | World

Read More: Ayn Rand, Innovation, Viola Spolin, Sustainability, Cadillac, Gamechangers, Improvisation, Objectivism, Great Depression, World News
Mike Bonifer

Viola Spolin's improvisation is a way for individuals to participate fully and authentically in the solving of problems.

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OECD: Depression Will Be Averted

AP | EMMA VANDORE | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business

Read More: US Economy, The Great Depression, Depression, Economy, Economic Crisis, Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel, Oecd, Great Depression, Oecd Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel, Business News

PARIS — Haunted perhaps by the ghost of Herbert Hoover, global leaders have steered the world away from a 1930s-style Great Depression by a "ver...

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How A Modern Depression Might Look

Wall Street Journal | JUSTIN LAHART | Posted 04.29.2009 | Business

Read More: New Depression, Modern Depression, U.S. Economy, Financial Crisis, Great Depression, Look of Modern Depression, Business News

In the wake of the biggest financial shock since 1929, economists say the odds of a depression are less than 50-50 -- though still uncomfortably high....

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Will 'Trickle Down' Banking Work Better than 'Trickle Down' Economics: Thoughts from a Non-Wall Street CEO

Paul Abrams | Posted 04.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Geithner, Bad Banks, Good Banks, Consumer Debt, Wall Street, Trickle Down, New Deal, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Economy, Aig, Great Depression, Housing Bubble, Business News
Paul Abrams

Instead of providing government money and guarantees to hedge funds that will supposedly price toxic assets, put the money to good use on main street through regional banks.

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Living on Eggshells: Lessons From The Depression

Stinson Carter | Posted 04.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Wealth, Sacrifice, Great Depression, Family, Living News
Stinson Carter

We've always heard that rich and happy aren't the same thing, but its been a while since we've been forced to prove it.

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What A New Deal-Era Movie Could Teach President Obama

James Pinkerton | Posted 04.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Infrastructure, Economic Stimulus Package, New Deal, The Tunnel, Economy, Economic Crisis, Obama Administration, Great Depression, Politics News
James Pinkerton

If Obama can't find forward-looking, forward-moving creators to serve in his administration, his would-be Second New Deal risks dissolving into debt, deficits, frustration, and inflation.

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Bernanke Goes Nuclear

John Standerfer | Posted 04.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Deflation, Nuclear Weapons, Hiroshima, Federal Reserve, Aig, Ben Bernanke, Chris Dodd, Nagasaki, Great Depression, Business News
John Standerfer

While Congress spent another day playing political "Clue" -- Senator Dodd -- with the red pen -- in the backroom, Ben Bernanke reminded us once again ...

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The Lipstick Effect of 2009

Eve Pearl | Posted 04.16.2009 | Living

Read More: 9/11, Cosmetics, Depression, Lipstick, Economy, Great Depression, Living News
Eve Pearl

Faced with news of increasing layoffs, straining economic pressure and the fact that competition out there is much greater than ever before...in all facets of life...we need to step it up.

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: March 16, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lobbyists, Derivatives, NCAA Tournament, Lobbyist Waivers, Economic Crisis, Alex Quade, Barack Obama, Journalism Awards, Foreign Correspondents, Nate Silver, Credit Derivatives, Unemployment, fivethirtyeight.com, Department of Defense, New York Times, Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Great Depression, Politics News

After the 2008 Election, it was generally decided that Nate Silver, of FiveThirtyEight.com was to be crowned the new God of The Maths and King Kahuna ...

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The Republican Party's Death Wish

Paul Jenkins | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Sanford, Liberal Party, Ronald Reagan, Economy, George W. Bush, Kentucky Jim Bunning, Democratic Party, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gary Bauer, Sarah Palin, Same-Sex Marriage, California, Charlie Crist, Economic Stimulus Package, Rnc, Unemployment, Mike Huckabee, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Labour Party, US Chamber of Commerce, Mississippi, Republican Party, Great Depression, Arlen Specter, Michael Steele, Abortion, John McCain, Karl Rove, Florida, Appalachia, Rush Limbaugh, Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, Mitt Romney, Alabama, Texas, Congress, Pennsylvania, Whig Party, Civil Unions, Barack Obama, Deep South, Religion, Independents, Jon Huntsman, Race Issues, Great Britain, Marxism, Tom Delay, South Carolina, Watergate, Utah, Gay Issues, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

We have yet to hear a single realistic scenario from a top Republican that would outline how and when the country could move forward from its current meltdown.

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Ryan Grim

1937 Haunts Democrats During Spending Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Great Depression, Smoot-Hawley, Deficit Spending, 1937, Recession, Politics News

When President Obama ventured to Capitol Hill to meet with House Republicans shortly after Inauguration, he was met by a barrage of questions about th...

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Is the Next Defense Budget a Stimulus Package?

Frida Berrigan | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Boeing, Economic Stimulus Package, Lockheed Martin, Budget, Defense Contractors, Obama Budget, Iraq Contractors, Great Depression, Politics News
Frida Berrigan

Is each weapons system or program provided for in our budget actually needed for American security? Or are the defense contractors shoveling a load of shovel-ready bull?

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Bundle Internet Access with Unemployment Support: Netcentric Recovery Plan

Martin Kearns | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: The Internet, Layoffs, Internet Access, Internet, Unemployment, Job Layoffs, Unemployment Benefits, Great Depression, Politics News
Martin Kearns

Those who are suddenly jobless lose the connections that are so vital to fighting their way back into the workforce. Internet access could help eliminate or at least alleviate many of those challenges.

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Mi Casa Es Su Casa... Until the Bank Forecloses on Mi Casa

Daniel Cubias | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Subprime Mortgages, Yogi Berra, Hispanics, American Dream, Housing Crisis, Great Depression, Pew Hispanic Center, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

Latinos tend to spend more of their income on housing than other demographics do, and we are more likely to have firsthand experience with the horrific phrase, "subprime mortgage."

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Reports of the Death of Equities: Greatly Exaggerated

James Berman | Posted 04.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Depression, Nouriel Roubini, Deflation, Inflation, Stock Market, Bear Market, Warren Buffett, Paul Krugman, Black Swan, Real Estate, Dow, Recession, Great Depression, Business News
James Berman

The successful investors will be the ones who wait out this period and reap the rewards once the tide turns, which it will. Soon we hope.

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Scary Surge Seen in Jobless Rate to 20%

Dan Dorfman | Posted 04.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Halloween, Unemployment, Dracula, Frankenstein, Martin Weiss, Maalox, Weiss Research, Jobs, Godzilla, Pepto-Bismol, Joblessness, The National Press Club, Great Depression, Business News
Dan Dorfman

The dollar is getting stronger, we still have relatively strong banks, both gold and the greenback offer money-making opportunities, and this crisis is not the end of the world.

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Chief Economist on Talent and the Economy

Jim Luce | Posted 04.09.2009 | Business

Read More: JP Morgan, Macro Economics, The Bottom, Wall Street, Lehman, N.Y.U., Bear Stearns, The Stimulus, Ingo Walter Ph.D., Economist, Orphans International Worldwide, New York University, Stern School of Business, Milstein Professor, Great Depression, Business News
Jim Luce

"Our recovery may take years," the economist concluded over our last cup of coffee, "But smart people who work hard will always find a place." Talent will as always, he believes, find a home.

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