President Obama has pledged to transform the nation's energy policy and has made renewable energy a cornerstone of the $787 billion stimulus package, ...
bloomberg.com | Angela Greiling Keane | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business
Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) -- "Opportunistic fraudsters" are exploiting the recession and pitching deals they link to the U.S. stimulus package, cheating co...
HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business
Scroll down for GAO report and FTC testimony Using postcards promising "free government money" and through companies with names like the "Google Mone...
Harry Moroz | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business
Is market recovery really the same thing as economic recovery?
M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics
These are troubling times for those who supported Barack Obama for President.
Robert Kuttner | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business
There are three parts to the woes of American workers -- falling wages, rising unemployment, and insecurity about the future. More robust policies could improve all three.
Jerry Chautin | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business
SBA expects 60 percent of its ARC loans to go into default even though principal payments are not due for 12 months. So save this column to help you remember why you should be outraged.
Jennifer Schwab | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green
Even though "Cash for Clunkers" is over for cars, more than 60 utilities across the U.S. will be offering money for recycled appliances such as refrigerators, washers, dryers, and more.
Harry Moroz | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
If the federal government does not turn its attention to urban areas soon, not only will city residents suffer disproportionately from the downturn but the entire economic recovery will be slowed.
Wall Street Journal | DEBORAH SOLOMON | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON -- Government efforts to funnel hundreds of billions of dollars into the U.S. economy appear to be helping the U.S. climb out of the worst ...
latimes.com | TOM HAMBURGER and PETER WALLSTEN | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum. With little fanfare, a deal is moving forward to direct billions in U.S. tax dollars to an unlikely beneficiary -- th...
Jared Bernstein | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business
The Recovery Act is working, and if you're only noticing that things are still bad without noticing that they're getting better, you're looking at the wrong benchmarks.
Jennifer Schwab | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green
I am not in favor of protectionism, and I generally support free markets. However, these are not ordinary times, and it is mission critical that America be the worldwide leader in renewable energy and green jobs.
Harry Moroz | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
Obama and Biden promise they will not spend our money badly. Government stimulus spending is presented by the administration as a necessary evil.
Harry Moroz | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business
It is not the current recession that has put the fiscal condition of state governments at risk. The primary driver of these fiscal challenges is "the growth in health-related expenditures."
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business
JACKSON, Wyo. — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday offered his most optimistic outlook since the financial crisis struck, saying th...
Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 09.20.2009 | Business
With the auto industry showing national gains from a single government program -- and further gains from a creative, privately funded plan -- the country might have found the right way to do stimulus.
AP | KEN THOMAS and STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will end the popular $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program on Monday, giving car shoppers a few more days t...
Grant Cardone | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business
I don't believe any set of entrepreneurs could have gotten more out of a government program than car dealers did with Cash for Clunkers, and they should be applauded for making the most of it.
ProPublica | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics
When Obama introduced the stimulus, he made a promise of transparency: Every American will be able to see how we spend taxpayer dollars. Like so many noble ideas, that may be easier said than done.
Grant Cardone | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business
Sell, Sell, Sell is now the name of the game and if you aren't willing to embrace this fact you will experience hell, hell,and hell in the marketplac...
Randy Shaw | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics
Has Barack Obama abandoned the populist policies that got him elected, and done nothing for working people?
AP | DAN JOLING | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — In a final spat with former Gov. Sarah Palin, the Alaska Legislature voted Monday to override her veto of $28.6 million in f...
Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 09.08.2009 | Politics
We need time to give the Recovery plan a chance to work. Allow us to heal before tackling such a complex issue as health care. There's time for that later.
The Globe and Mail | Joseph Stiglitz | Posted 09.07.2009 | Business
The green shoots of economic recovery that many people spied this spring have turned brown, prompting concerns about whether the policy of jump-starti...
Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Gary Cohn | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green