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One Million Jobs

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, Job Market, Job Losses, Unemployed, Jobless Rate, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Economic Crisis, Employment, Obama Administration, Jobs, Politics News
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.

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

Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Posted 12.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Ben Bernanke Federal Reserve, US Economy, Ben Bernanke Reappointment, Ben Bernanke, The Black Swan, Business News
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.

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

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Reform, U.S. Economy, u.s. Foreign Policy, Economic Stimulus, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Media News
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.

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Recovery And Debt: Squaring The Circle

Robert Kuttner | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Economy, Obama Unemployment, Unemployment, Obama Jobs Summit, Barack Obama, Jobs Summit, Politics News
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.

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Recession Sends Older Americans To Food Pantries

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 11.28.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Food Pantries, American Seniors, American Seniors Foodpantries, Older Americans Food Pantries, Economy, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Seniors, Recession, Business News

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

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

Pavlina R. Tcherneva | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Argentina Economy, Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment, Argentina Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Business News
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.

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Will The Unemployment Disaster Be Obama's Katrina?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, Obama Unemployment, Unemployment, Financial Recovery, Economy, Tim Geithner, President Obama, Katrina, Financial Crisis, Larry Summers, Hurricane Katrina, Recession, Barack Obama, Politics News
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?

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Proposed Restrictions on Reproductive Rights Threaten Economic Growth

Nazca Fontes | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, Infertility, Reproductive Tourism, Ivf, Reproductive Rights, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Assisted-Reproduction, Politics News
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.

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

Emily Goligoski | Posted 11.17.2009 | Impact

Read More: U.S. Economy, Global Economy, Economica, Earning Potential, The-International-Museum-of-Women, Economic Crisis, The International Museum of Women, Women Entrepreneurs, Working Women, Women and Politics, Women in Business, Healthcare, Impact News
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.

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Innovation in the 21st Century: Keeping the US Competitive

Justin R. Rattner | Posted 11.16.2009 | Technology

Read More: Newsweek, Innovation, Survey, Technology, US Economy, Economy, Intel, Technology Innovation, Technology News
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.

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

Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Economy, Obama Administration, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Obama Economy, Recession, Business News

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...

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

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Michael Jackson, Greed, Sleeplessness, Wall Street Crash, War on Terror, Britney Spears, Afghanistan, San Diego, Economy, Propofol, Economic Crisis, Neverland, Workaholics, Neverland Ranch, Michael Jackson Neverland, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, US Economy, Sleep-Machismo, Cobra, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Insomnia, Machismo, Corporate Greed, Iraq, Heath Ledger, Health Care, National Sleep Foundation, Sleep, Living News
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.

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Rich Buying Again, But Middle Class Still Hurting

AP | EMILY FREDRIX | Posted 11.14.2009 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Business, Shopping, Money, Economy, Business News

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

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Wanted: Free-Market Mouthpieces

Rob Warmowski | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Economy, Heritage Foundation, Free Market Capitalism, Economics, Laissez-Faire, Public Relations, Economic Crisis, Free Market, Washington D.C., United States, Op-Ed, Newspaper Op-Eds, Business, Politics News
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.

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

Alan Miller | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Justin Fox, Nouriel Roubini, Economy, President Obama, Lawrence Summers, Barack Obama, Recession, US Economy, Financial Meltdown, Bruce Bartlett, The Future, Financial Crisis, Paul Krugman, Global Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Great Depression, Politics News
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...

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Resetting CEO Reputation

Dr. Leslie Gaines-Ross | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Leadership, Ceo Reputation, Reset Economy, World Economics Forum, Obama Economy, Businessweek, Obama Leadership, U.S. Economy, Corporate Responsibility, Economy, Corporate Greed, Business News
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.

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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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Federal Reserve: Weak Recovery Means High Unemployment For Several Years

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Economic Recovery, Unemployment, Weak Economic Recovery, Economy, Federal Reserve, Jobs, Dennis Lockhart, Federal Reserve Officials, Janet Yellen, Business News

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

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The Right Country for Old Men

Dan Dorfman | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Financial Crisis, No Country for Old Men, Business News
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."

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Bloomberg Blames Economic Backlash For Close Win

AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York

Read More: US Economy, Nyc Mayoral Race, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Economy, Bloomberg Close Election, Comptroller Bill Thompson, Bloomberg Third Term, New York City, New York, Economic Backlash, New York News

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

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On Financial Reform

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, US Economy, Financial Reform, Business News
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.

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Wall Street and Goldman Sachs Party On

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Kevin Phillips, Executive Compensation, Goldman Sachs, William Black, Wall Street, Goldman Sachs Bonuses, Economic Crisis, Tim Geithner, Economy, Larry Summers, Time Magazine, Allan Sloan, Business News
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.

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White House: 650,000 Jobs In New Stimulus Report

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

Read More: White House, U.S. Economy, Stimulus Spending, Economy, President Obama, Economic Crisis, Jobs, White House Stimulus, Stimulus, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Financial Crisis, Economic Recovery, Stimulus Report, Business News

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

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

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Goldman Sachs, Joseph Stiglitz, Economic Recession, Economy, Economic Crisis, Recession Fears, New York Times, Gdp, Gross Domestic Product, Recession, Business News
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.

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The Lawyers Who Would Torture

David A. Love | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Tarp, George Bush, U.S. Economy, Law, Elizabeth Warren, Judges, David Cole, Economy, Books, Foreign Affairs, Economic Crisis, Rule of Law, George W. Bush, Ponzi Scheme, CIA Torture, Credit Crisis, Credit Cards, John Yoo, Foreign Policy, John Yoo Memo, Politics, Human Rights, Cia, Torture Memos, Torture, Books News
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.

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