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Rising Costs

Household Debt Hits New Low

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 10.15.2012 | Home
Read More: Taxes, Rising Costs, Video, Consumer Debt, Middle Class Families, Economy, Spending, Overdraft Fees, Credit Cards, Household Debt, Moody's, Home News

American households have gotten their financial footing back when it comes to debt and that could help the economy recover faster, economists say. ...

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Catherine New

Dollar-Stretching Gets New Workout As Fiscal Cliff Approaches

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 10.11.2012 | Home
Read More: Taxes, Rising Costs, Payday Lenders, Cost of Living, Middle Class, Paycheck, Borrowing, Overdraft, Video, Bills, Loans, Financial Crisis, Fiscal Cliff, Health Insurance Premium, Food Prices, Savings, Hardship, Home News

Kids don't understand adult phrases like "fiscal cliff." What they understand is that mom says no extra milk on the cereal or no second helpings of me...

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Why Are People Shocked?

Andrew Rubin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Rising Costs, Politics, Healthcare, Politics News
Andrew Rubin

The healthcare system and the choices we have to make are rarely discussed in our classrooms and religious institutions. We are hiding behind the truth because the truth is scary.

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Is Health Care Inflation Inevitable? What Are the Consequences?

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Labor Costs, Commonwealth Fund, Rising Costs, Gdp, Hewitt Associates, Columbia University, Medical School, University of Chicago, Atul Gawande, Health Care, Home News
Stanton Peele

Cable news commentators regularly announce that the United States has, "by far," the best health care system in the world, while Republicans work to halt any modifications by Obama. Bon santé!

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The Tuition Is Too Damn High

xxxDan Treadwayxxx | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Jobs, Liberal Arts Education, Higher Education, Barack Obama, Jimmy McMillan, University, Rising Costs, The Rent Is Too Damn High, Student Debt, College, The Tuition Is Too Damn High, Pell Grants, Recession, College News
xxxDan Treadwayxxx

We're a generation willing to mobilize for satire with a purpose. And now that the second season of Jersey Shore has ended, there are hardly any excuses left for students not to complain that the tuition is too damn high!

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What Do Women Want?

Marcia Greenberger and Nancy Duff Campbell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Rising Costs, Wage Disparity, Polling, Obama Women Voters, Voter Anxiety, Women Voters, Anxiety, Recession, 2008 Election and Gender, Gender, Politics News
Marcia Greenberger and Nancy Duff Campbell

Women are far more pessimistic than men in their attitudes about the status quo. Whether it is the price of food and fuel or disparities in the workplace, they feel the impact more than their male counterparts.

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