Recession

SNAP out of it, conservatives!

Contrary to the right's claims, enrollment in the food stamp program has kept pace with the unemployment rate

Jared Bernstein, On The Economy Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 8:24 PM UTC 15
Business On the Economy, Food Stamps

Sylvia Plath speaks to millennials

Fifty years after it first published, "The Bell Jar" has never seemed more prescient

Sarah Galo, PolicyMic Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 8:58 PM UTC 10
Entertainment PolicyMic, millennials

U.S. economy adds 175,000 jobs

The gain shows employers are hiring at modest but steady pace despite government spending cuts

Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press Friday, Jun 7, 2013 2:11 PM UTC
Business Associated Press, U.S. Economy

How I ended up in a pyramid scheme

I was broke and desperate enough to try anything -- like praying with Sufis and selling miracle chocolate

Kirsten Telander Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 28
Life Life stories, Religion, Recession

Barack Obama: Incidental black man?

The president gets personal at Morehouse College, as hard questions loom for black men and his presidency

Rich Benjamin Monday, May 20, 2013 4:58 PM UTC 48
Politics Black, Race

April’s flaccid jobs report

The economy has added 165,000 new jobs, but that's still well below the average gains of the previous three months

Robert Reich, ROBERTREICH.org Friday, May 3, 2013 4:58 PM UTC
Business RobertReich.org, Jobs report

Obama’s senseless Social Security cuts

With a rapidly shrinking deficit, Obama's plan to shred our social safety net is as unwise as it is unnecessary

Jeff Madrick, Next New Deal Saturday, Apr 13, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 73
Politics Next New Deal, Social Security

Gov’t downsizes amid GOP demands for more cuts

Spending on core governmental functions has been shrinking steadily since the recession

Tom Raum, Associated Press Friday, Feb 22, 2013 3:59 PM UTC
News From the Wires, Leon Panetta

Britain faces triple-dip recession

A blow for Cameron's government's defense of its austerity program

Associated Press Friday, Jan 25, 2013 6:26 PM UTC
Business Recession, Britain, David Cameron

Debt is ingrained in America’s way of life

David Graeber's sweeping history "Debt: The First 5,000 Years" helps explain our country's basic power dynamics

Jeffery Atik, LA Review of Books Sunday, Jan 6, 2013 5:00 PM UTC 14
Business LA Review of Books, Debt, economy

Eurozone slides back into recession

Increasingly depressed conditions across the 17-member group at a time of austerity and high unemployment VIDEO

Associated Press Thursday, Nov 15, 2012 9:56 PM UTC
News Recession, Eurozone

2.5 million jobless adults living with their parents

Moody's Analytics data shows a vast rise in "bundled households" since 2007

Natasha Lennard Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012 9:26 PM UTC
News Employment, Department of Labor

America’s not falling off a “fiscal cliff”

Don't let the headlines drive you crazy. The U.S. economy isn't headed for a double-dip recession

Mattea Kramer and Chris Hellman, TomDispatch.com Monday, Nov 12, 2012 2:25 PM UTC
Business Recession, TomDispatch.com

Bank on the economy bouncing back

Regardless of who wins, the recovery will strengthen next year -- making this election that much more critical

Jamelle Bouie, The American Prospect Tuesday, Nov 6, 2012 3:00 PM UTC
Politics 2012 Elections

The economy is still growing

A disappointment for Romney? The latest GDP numbers prove that the U.S. isn't headed for a recession

Andrew Leonard Friday, Oct 26, 2012 6:47 PM UTC 18
Business Economic Growth, Recession

Unemployment doesn’t just hurt the unemployed

People often forget that an excess labor supply emboldens employers to pay lower wages

Jared Bernstein, On the Economy Tuesday, Oct 16, 2012 3:35 PM UTC
Business Recession, 2012 Elections

Federal deficit tops $1 trillion for fourth straight year

Although government spending fell and the nation showed modest economic growth, the deficit remains high

Martin Crutsinger, AP Friday, Oct 12, 2012 9:35 PM UTC 16
News Barack Obama, Federal Deficit

Art doesn’t pay

The creative class, of which I am a proud and bewildered member, appears to be going bankrupt. Is all hope lost?

Janet Steen, The Weeklings Sunday, Sep 30, 2012 2:00 PM UTC 13
Life Recession, Writing, Arts, Jobs

Education: The economy’s great elixir

People sometimes forget, but the expansion of the American education system produced 100 years of economic growth

Bo Cutter, Next New Deal Tuesday, Sep 25, 2012 8:38 PM UTC
Politics 2012 Elections

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