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Unemployment Spike Compounds Foreclosure Crisis

washingtonpost.com | Renae Merle | Posted 09.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment, Job Loss, Subprime Mortgages, U.S. Financial Crisis, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Housing Crisis, Recession Economy, Business News

The country's growing unemployment is overtaking subprime mortgages as the main driver of foreclosures, according to bankers and economists, threateni...

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Excremental Change

Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort | Posted 10.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Incrementalism, Heartless Capitalism, Susan Rice, Switzerland Banks, North Korea Nuclear Program, Europe-Financial-Crisis, United Nations, Us Financial Crisis, Hillary Clinton, Caymen-Islands, Business News
Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort

Excremental Change involves cleaning first the loopholes of the system and expelling all the dirt that is inside. Ask the Pirates of Heartless Capitalism where they hide and you will find the dirt.

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Country and Company: Part II - Aligning Goals

Ralph Gomory | Posted 06.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Adam Smith, Markets, Unemployment, Wall Street, Profit, Economy, Economic Crisis, Ceos, Business News, Us Financial Crisis, Shareholder Value, Business, Citigroup, Global Economic Crisis, Business News
Ralph Gomory

Without balanced trade productive companies operating in the United States are open to continuing assault from foreign entities advantaged by their governments.

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Adam Posen: A Financial Lesson From Japan's 'Lost Decade' Is Lost On Obama

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.19.2009 | World

Read More: Savings and Loan Crisis, Adam Posen, Economic Crisis, President Obama, Diane Tucker, Recession, Global Financial Crisis, Japan Recession, G-20 Summit, Economic Stimulus Package, U.S. Financial Crisis, Japan's Lost Decade, Tim Geithner, Recession Fears, Global Recession Fears, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Resolution Trust Corporation, House Financial Services Committee, Rick Wagoner, Auto Bailout, General Motors, Japan, G-20, World News
Diane Tucker

On the eve of the G-20 economic summit in London, I spoke with Adam Posen, who wrote the book on the mistakes Japanese policy makers made during their lost decade.

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Country and Company: Part I - Divergent Goals

Ralph Gomory | Posted 04.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Citigroup, Markets, Unemployment, Profit, Wall Street, Economic Crisis, Ceos, Economy, Us Financial Crisis, Business News, Shareholder Value, Business, Global Economic Crisis, Adam Smith, Business News
Ralph Gomory

While it is tempting to blame the succession of economic crises on greedy executives, sub-prime mortgage pushers and others of that ilk, it is in fact much more a system problem than a sudden widespread collapse of human nature.

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Recession: We're All in This Together

Olivia Rosewood | Posted 01.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Unemployment, Mortgage, Children, Default, Upside Down, Us Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Under Water, Recession, Living News
Olivia Rosewood

My circle of friends used to be all about playdates and family barbecues. Now our conversations inevitably turn survival: Chapter 13, employment, foreclosures, how to make your lender listen.

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Bailout GM, But Here's What to Demand

David Blume | Posted 12.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Renewable Energy, Us Financial Crisis, Obama, Alcohol Fuel, GM Bailout, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Automakers, Bailout, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Gm, Chysler, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Auto Industry, Detroit, Business News
David Blume

When Sweden mandated that most fuel stations carry alcohol at the pump, GM's Saab division quickly engineered the model 9-5 to be an advanced flexible-fuel vehicle.

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Stocks Slump As Signs Point To Harder Times

washingtonpost.com | Neil Irwin and David Cho | Posted 12.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Us Financial Crisis, US Stocks, Us Business Indicators, US Recession, Financial Crisis, Business News

Businesses cut prices at a record rate and builders started fewer new homes last month than anytime on record, according to new government data, as th...

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John McCain On The Economy: A Series Of Flip-Flopping Phrases

NY Times | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain and Economy, Us Financial Crisis, Wall Street Crisis, John McCain, Politics News

On Monday morning, as the financial system absorbed one of its biggest shocks in generations, Senator John McCain said, as he had many times before, t...

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