The Great Depression

Republicans’ balanced budget farce

The GOP refuses to acknowledge that cutting the deficit now will only result in higher unemployment and lower wages

Robert Reich, ROBERTREICH.org Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013 1:56 PM UTC 44
Business RobertReich.org, budget deficit

The wealthy have learned it's better to take than to make. Meanwhile, the middle class continues its slow decline

Les Leopold, Alternet Monday, Oct 1, 2012 3:25 PM UTC
Business U.S. Census

Romney's fundamental contempt for the poor is what Roosevelt devoted his career, in part, to overcoming

David Woolner, Next New Deal Friday, Sep 21, 2012 1:48 PM UTC
Politics The Great Recession

How Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy's new bootlegging thriller exposes the Republicans' incoherent nostalgia

Andrew O'Hehir Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012 9:47 PM UTC 24
Entertainment Movies, Thrillers

Robert Barro, a professor at Harvard, takes issue with perceived wisdoms about America's greatest economic collapse

Sophie Roell, The Browser Monday, Aug 27, 2012 11:45 AM UTC 19
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