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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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A Bold Action Plan for US Jobs Recovery!

Kenneth N. Davis | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Job Losses, The Balanced Trade Restoration Bill of 2006, Economic Downtourn, Employment, Unmployment, Jobs, Job Creation, US Economy, Politics News
Kenneth N. Davis

It's time for the Obama Administration to make jobs a much higher priority and to strongly back S 3899 as one of the main answers.

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A Year Later -- My Clarion Call to America Left Unanswered

Lynn Tilton | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Small Business, Lynn Tilton, Economy, Economic Crisis, Wall Street, Clarion Call, Recession, Main Street, Obama, Gdp, Job Creation, Meritocracy, Obama Administration, Business News
Lynn Tilton

We are living in interesting times and the road to resurgence will be long and fraught with obstacles. The path to economic recovery begins with truth.

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Job Losses? Not in North Dakota. A Stimulus Plan That Really Works

Ellen Brown | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: State Deficits, Banking Crisis, Fractional-Reserve-System, Job Loss, Unemployment, Farid Khavari, Bank of North Dakota, President Obama, North Dakota, Florida, Montana, State-Owned Banks, Job Creation, California, Business News
Ellen Brown

Why is North Dakota doing so well, when other states are suffering the ravages of a deepening credit crisis? Its secret may be that it has its own credit machine.

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Early Reports: Stimulus Saved, Created 388,000 Jobs

USA Today | By Brad Heath and Matt Kelley, USA TODAY | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: White House, Job Losses, Bush, Economy, Grants, Jobs, Congress, Obama, Reports, Stimulus, Recession, Unemployment, Economic Policy Institute, Stimulus Package, Report, Job Creation, Business News

States have reported using stimulus money to create or save more than 388,000 jobs so far this year, buttressing the Obama administration's claim that...

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The Government Needs to Take the Reins In Job Creation

Sen. Arlen Specter | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Economic Stimulus Package, Unemployment, Jobless Rate, Tax Credits, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Obama Job Creation, Job Creation, Tax Credit, Politics News
Sen. Arlen Specter

Recent signs of recovery and those who say the recession is over are cold comfort for the millions who are still searching for work or have stopped looking. Their world is bound by paying the bills and raising families.

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Commercial Real Estate: 90% Financing at Low Rates Is Possible

Jerry Chautin | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Commercial Real Estate, Business Condo, Financing, Loan Fees, 7(A), President Barack Obama, Working Capital, Office Building, Cdc, Conventional Loans, Obama Administration, Obama Stimulus, Franchise, Cash Flow, Skating Rink, Certified Development Companies, 80%, Small Business Owners, Warehouse and Retail Store, Credit, Restaurant, 7a, Values, Borrowing Money, Loans, Vacancies, 90%, Business News, Operating Costs, Job Creation, Sba, Bowling Alley, 504, Small Business, Business News
Jerry Chautin

The lesser-known 504 program from the U.S. Small Business Administration can be ideal for small-business owners to buy, build or rehabilitate commercial buildings.

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Obama Looks To Fix Safety Net As Unemployment Rate Rises

The New York Times | Jackie Calmes | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Small Businesses, Layoffs, Tax Credits, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Jobless, Operating Losses, Unemployment Benefits, Laid Off, Job Creation, Safety Net, Stimulus, Recession, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- With unemployment expected to rise well into next year even as the economy slowly recovers, the Obama administration and Democratic lead...

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Colorado's Recovery Requires More Lending to Small Businesses

Jim Thomas | Posted 10.06.2009 | Denver

Read More: Recovery, Small Business, Arc, Lending, Jobs, Colorado, Sba, Recession, Unemployment, Colorado Economy, Economic Recovery, Job Creation, Denver News
Jim Thomas

We don't need to resolve a complex national debate on health care to help small companies. Easier access to cash will enable emerging companies to start hiring and our Colorado economy to start climbing.

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The Phantom Recovery and What To Do About Jobs

Robert Reich | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment, Jobs, Economic Recovery, Alan Greenspan, Job Creation, Barack Obama, Economy, Federal Reserve, Business News
Robert Reich

The economy may be in a technical recovery but this is not a real recovery and the "green shoots" or "positive signs" that Wall Street cheerleaders love to shout about are phantoms of their ever-optimistic imaginations.

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Where Will the Jobs Come From?

John K. Delaney | Posted 10.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Recovery, Small Business, Lenders, Finance, Job Creation, Small Business Administration, Business News
John K. Delaney

To be an employed nation we have to return to our roots and embrace, encourage and reward entrepreneurs and small businesses.

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Goodwill Is Rad

Jim Gibbons | Posted 10.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Thrift Stores, Pop Music, Shopping, Job Creation, Goodwill, At-Risk-Youth, Living News
Jim Gibbons

I read recently that Paramore, the Grammy-nominated, pop-punk band, do their shopping at a down-to-earth location: the Franklin, Tennessee, Goodwill Store.

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What is Work? Listening to Inspiration, With Songwriter Darrell Scott

Sharon Glassman | Posted 11.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Creativity, Listening, Inspiration, Darrell Scott, Long Time Gone, Tim O'Brien, Steve Earle, Hit Songs, Meditation, Dixie Chicks, Songwriting, Job Creation, Happiness Tips, Happiness, Gary Ogan, Cherokee, Colorado, Nashville, Entertainment News
Sharon Glassman

Two years ago, during a working trip to Lyons, musician Darrell Scott visited an energy healer. It changed the way he thinks about music.

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Will Low-Skilled Workers Benefit from Economic Recovery?

Brandon Roberts | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business

Read More: No Worker Left Behind, Working Poor Families Project, Unemployment, Economics, Politics, Jobs, Education, Job-Creation, Schools, High School Diploma, Joblessness, Political News, Economy, Unemployed, Ged, Business News
Brandon Roberts

For millions of Americans at the margins of the labor market, a return to aggregate economic growth is unlikely to improve their personal circumstances.

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New Economic Data Shows that Right Wing Economic Theory Is Simply Wrong.

Robert Creamer | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gross Domestic Product, Private Sector Job Creation, Job Creation, Obama Health Care Plan, Public Sector Job Creation, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Supply Side Economics, Economic Crisis, Obama Economic Stimulous, Economic Stimulous Package, Right Wing Economic Thought, Conservative Economic Orthodoxy, Bush Tax Cuts, Economy, Politics News
Robert Creamer

The Republicans and the Right Wing establishment will continue to ignore reality, to repeat their slogans, to pander to fear, and stand up for wealthy special interests. But history has rendered its verdict.

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Rooting for the Worst

Michael Roth | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jim Demint, Economic Crisis, Orin Hatch, Republican Party, Health Care, Job Creation, Barack Obama, Jim DeMint Waterloo, Ted Kennedy, Politics News
Michael Roth

They want the president to fail. That's the drumbeat we've heard for months now. What makes opposition take the form of rooting for the worst outcome?

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The F-22 Kills Jobs

William Hartung | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business

Read More: F-22, Pentagon Spending, Federal Budget, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Job Creation, Robert Gaes, Business News
William Hartung

It's down to the wire in the battle to keep the Senate from adding $1.75 billion to the Pentagon budget for more F-22 fighter planes, and the proponents of more pork are running out of arguments.

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A Lost Decade For Jobs

BusinessWeek | Posted 07.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Job Growth, Lost Decade for Jobs, Lost Decade, Job Creation, Business News

Private sector job growth was almost non-existent over the past ten years. Take a look at this horrifying chart:...

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Politics Like Cancer

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Value-Added-Tax, National Debt, Trade Deficit, Robert Gibbs, Job Creation, Debt, Subprime Mortgages, Economy, Credit Cards, Politics News
Sen. Fritz Hollings

Politics is like cancer -- if you don't catch it in time, you don't have a chance. If the budget deficits and deficits in jobs from offshoring are not caught now, by 2012 we'll give it back to the Republicans.

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Will Stimulus Spending Create New Jobs? We May Never Know

ProPublica | Posted 06.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Obama Administration, Council of Economic Advisors, Job Creation, Stimulus Package, Stimulus Spending, Business News
ProPublica

Why can't we just add up the numbers from these reports to find an aggregate number of jobs created by stimulus spending? There are several problems with this, according to the report.

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Blacks and Latinos Barely Afloat During Recession: With High Rates of Unemployment, Obama's Recovery Plan Not Enough

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, U.S. Economy, Recovery, Labor, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Green Jobs, Economic Stimulus Package, Unemployment, Money, Main Street, Obama Administration, Green Economy, Affirmative-Action, Families, Job Creation, African Americans, Politics News
C. Nicole Mason

In order to cut the unemployment rate in those communities to the projected national rate of 6.5 percent, an additional 1.7 million jobs would have to be created and go directly to Blacks and Latinos by 2010.

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The Role of Government in Advancing the Green Economy

Richard Stuebi | Posted 05.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Taxes, Green Jobs, Energy Policy, Clean Energy, Irs, Job Creation, Psa, Green News
Richard Stuebi

In the grand scheme of things, shifting the U.S. mindset on the topic of energy taxes is much more important than urging people to put a recycling bin in the garage.

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Recession: We're All in This Together, Part 4

Olivia Rosewood | Posted 04.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Creativity, U.S. Economy, Yoga, Inspiration, Economic Crisis, Recession Fears, Meditation, Job Creation, Peace, Housing Crisis, Inner Peace, Economy, Living News
Olivia Rosewood

There is no doubt that these are troubled times. But I have lately been reminded that all times do pass, and how you and I will come through this sto...

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Is It the End of the 'Me' Generation?

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 04.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Broken-Econmy, Small Business, Job Creation, Karel, Charles Karel Bouley, Dolly Parton, Barack Obama, Living News
Charles Karel Bouley

Selfishness is inherent to humans. It has to be for survival, the preservation and promotion of the self. At the end of the last century, it appeared ...

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USA Today, CNN Push Bogus Conservative Talking Point On Jobs

The Plum Line | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jobs, USA Today, Economic Stimulus Package, Job Creation, Cnn, Stimulus Package, Politics News

There's a new talking point making the rounds among some big news orgs and some critics on the right: The stimulus package will give illegal construct...

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