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Recession 2008

Is it Time to Forgive Wall Street?

Monika Mitchell | Posted 08.07.2012 | Business
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Monika Mitchell

"To err is human; to forgive, divine," goes the saying. That sums up the four-year conflict and conundrum between Wall Street and Main Street. We can't forget and we don't want to forgive.

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My Ode to 2008

Eric Kuhn | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: College Students, Palestine, Miley Cyrus, John McCain, Economy, Tony Snow, Jobs, Aig, Obama Jeremiah Wright, 2009, Michael Phelps, Tim Russert, Caroline Kennedy, John Edwards Affair, Bailout, 2008, Lehman Brothers, Sarah Palin, Joe the Plumber, Hillary Clinton, Bernard Madoff, Bear Stearns, Tina Fey, Recession 2008, Humor, New Years 2008, Paul Newman Dies, Political Humor, Financial Crisis, Style News
Eric Kuhn

2008 offered quite the election, with both parties fighting to set our nation's direction. It took forever for Hillary Clinton's concession, and Reverend Wright was not a good connection.

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Free Fall: December 2008.

Giles Slade | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: U.S. Economy, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Madoff, Recession 2008, The Internet, Economic Bloggers, Hanukkah, Holiday Shopping, Blagojevich, Selling Senate Seat, Economic Crisis, Holiday Season Commentary, Production, Merry Christmas, Christmas Commentary, Recession, Layoffs, Chanukah, Job Cuts, Economic Free Fall, Political Bloggers, Recession Fears, Political Corruption, Financial Crisis, Political Bribes, Financial Corruption, Holiday Sales, Business News
Giles Slade

Here, at the end of the Bush years, the bottom has suddenly dropped out of the world and Americans are in mid-fall, struggling to stay upright and wondering when it will end.

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Bailouts, Bubbles, Boils, and Trouble

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Automaker Bailout, New America Foundation, Richard Medley, Michigan, Economy, William Frenzel, World Trade Center, Michael Moore, Roger & Me, Consumption, China, Auto Industry, Japan, John Engler, Recession 2008, Recovery, Business News
Steve Clemons

Economic recovery cannot mean re-enabling the gluttony of manic consumption without pumping up "production" and getting a more balanced portfolio between what we produce at home and ship in from others.

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