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One Million Jobs

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics


Amitai Etzioni

Millions of jobs, even if temporary, must be generated in short order, and the cost of these jobs must be kept low, in order to not increase the deficit unduly.

Good Bye! The Reappointment Of Bernanke Is Too Much To Bear

Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Posted 12.01.2009 | Business


Nassim Nicholas Taleb

What I am seeing and hearing on the news -- the reappointment of Bernanke -- is too hard for me to bear. I cannot believe that we, in the 21st century, can accept living in such a society.

Liberalism Revived: Jacob Weisberg On "Obama's Brilliant First Year"

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media


Michael J.W. Stickings

There is obviously a lot more Obama could have done, and perhaps should have done, but Jacob Weisberg is right that he has actually accomplished a great deal.

Recovery And Debt: Squaring The Circle

Robert Kuttner | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics


Robert Kuttner

We do need to reduce the ratio of debt to GDP. But we need to do it after the economy is back in recovery. And we need to do it using the normal legislative process. And above all, we need to use progressive taxation rather than program cuts.

Recession Sends Older Americans To Food Pantries

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 11.28.2009 | Business


ALBANY, N.Y. — Older Americans who were raised on stories of the Great Depression and acquired lifelong habits of thrift now find themselves crowdin...

Navigating the Jobs Crisis: Direct Job Creation - Lessons from Argentina

Pavlina R. Tcherneva | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business


Pavlina R. Tcherneva

If the U.S. government creates a permanent, voluntary public employment program that offers a living-wage job to anyone willing and able to work in a public service project, unemployment will be addressed directly.

Will The Unemployment Disaster Be Obama's Katrina?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

There's a Category 5 storm about to make landfall, and the president and the officials in charge of preparing for the approaching disaster don't seem to be particularly worried. Sound familiar?

Proposed Restrictions on Reproductive Rights Threaten Economic Growth

Nazca Fontes | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics


Nazca Fontes

Legislative efforts to restrict donor compensation and other restrictions on reproductive rights could have an impact on a billion-dollar contributor to the economy -- the infertility industry.

Virtual Exhibit Economica Spurs Discussion of Women's Global Earning Potential

Emily Goligoski | Posted 11.17.2009 | Impact


Emily Goligoski

The International Museum of Women exhibit Economica manages to humanize the impact of policymakers' and institutional decisions by inviting women to tell their stories themselves.

Innovation in the 21st Century: Keeping the US Competitive

Justin R. Rattner | Posted 11.16.2009 | Technology


Justin R. Rattner

Despite one of the deepest recessions in history, Americans have an undiminished faith in technology and innovation as the primary engines of economic growth.

Bernanke: Job Market Worst Since WWII, 'Moderate Growth' Expected Next Year

Posted 11.16.2009 | Business


Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the Economic Club of New York, New York, New York November 16, 2009 On the Outlook for the Economy an...

From Wall Street to Neverland: The Year America Didn't Sleep

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living


Qanta Ahmed, MD

The public health burden of insomnia on the US is measured in the hundreds of billions of dollars. While we routinely cut calories, or cram in exercise, sleep has not even entered the conversational lexicon.

Rich Buying Again, But Middle Class Still Hurting

AP | EMILY FREDRIX | Posted 11.14.2009 | Business


American shoppers are splitting again: The affluent are finally starting to buy, picking up designer clothes at places like Nordstrom, while those on ...

Wanted: Free-Market Mouthpieces

Rob Warmowski | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics


Rob Warmowski

For my entire adult life, I have watched free-market fundamentalists do their thing. They demonize government, run for government, capture government, then dismantle and privatize government.

The Recession, President Obama and The Future. Do ideas matter?

Alan Miller | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics


Alan Miller

Recently, the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, penned an article bemoaning the greed of bankers and hatred of politicians. Indeed, it has been a wid...

Resetting CEO Reputation

Dr. Leslie Gaines-Ross | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business


Dr. Leslie Gaines-Ross

It is now time for CEOs to stand up and start rebuilding reputations, thereby resetting the path to future economic progress and moral authority.

A Bold Action Plan for US Jobs Recovery!

Kenneth N. Davis | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


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.

Federal Reserve: Weak Recovery Means High Unemployment For Several Years

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Unemployment likely will remain high for the next several years because the economic recovery won't be strong enough to spur robust...

The Right Country for Old Men

Dan Dorfman | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business


Dan Dorfman

The last time I caught up with our octogenarian was in the summer of 2007. At the time, Russell made what I thought was a remarkable call, telling me he thought there was a good chance "all hell could break loose."

Bloomberg Blames Economic Backlash For Close Win

AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — Democrats who saw how close their candidate came to unseating New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg agonized Wednesday about what might ha...

On Financial Reform

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business


Hale

Many have blamed the repeal of Glass-Steagall as a primary driver of the financial meltdown; hence, putting it back in place should be part of financial reform. But there's more than one way to look at financial reform.

Wall Street and Goldman Sachs Party On

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business


Joseph A. Palermo

A criminal gang of rich white guys in New York did some extremely reckless things with the nation's collective wealth, and the middle class got clobbered.

White House: 650,000 Jobs In New Stimulus Report

AP | MATT APUZZO and BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Nearly 650,000 jobs have been saved or created under President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan, the government said Friday, a...

'Third Quarter Growth' and Other Things That Mean Nothing To You

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business


Allison Kilkenny

If life still sucks for you: you're still unemployed, depressed, broke, homeless, or scraping by on food stamps, don't worry. You're not alone.

The Lawyers Who Would Torture

David A. Love | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books


David A. Love

Throughout history we have witnessed the ways in which societies compromise their legal systems to oppress the many, benefit the few, and sanction the unconscionable.