Austerity measures will strangle the U.S. economy
Our shrinking GDP is no great mystery. Government spending took a precipitous drop in the fourth quarter
Friday, Feb 1, 2013 7:38 PM UTC 29Business RobertReich.org
U.S. Economy
Business RobertReich.org
U.S. economy contracts for the 1st time in 3 1/2 years
But economists insist the drop in gross domestic product isn't as bleak as it looks
Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 2:44 PM UTC 10Business U.S. Economy
Will consumer pessimism plunge the U.S. into recession?
Consumer confidence is at its lowest level in more than a year. Now's not the time for austerity economics
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 11:15 PM UTCBusiness RobertReich.org, U.S. Economy
Economic prosperity isn’t a zero-sum game
Why can't wealthy Americans realize they'll fare better with a smaller share of a rapidly-growing economy?
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 4:44 PM UTC 42Politics RobertReich.org
5 steps to cheating the middle class worker
The rich are driving us ever closer to the status of most wealth-unequal country in the world
Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 10:31 PM UTC 14Social AlterNet, Labor, U.S. Economy
Spending cuts in the real world
Budget cuts at the sub-national level led to hundreds of thousands of lost jobs in the state
Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 10:23 PM UTCBusiness Jared Bernstein, U.S. Economy
Are banks too big to jail?
PBS Frontline's stunning report shows how the Obama administration undermined the rule of law
Wednesday, Jan 23, 2013 6:09 PM UTC 75Business Wall Street, U.S. Economy
With the economy, bigger isn’t always better
Why small and medium-size companies, not big businesses, will determine our country's economic future
Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013 9:36 PM UTCBusiness Next New Deal, Politics
What Obama should say in his second inaugural
Now is the time to articulate a vision of capitalism that explicitly rejects the notion of "job creators"
Sunday, Jan 20, 2013 3:00 PM UTCPolitics Next New Deal, Paul Ryan
Transcripts show Fed groping blindly in 2007
In mid-2007 officials voiced confidence that foreclosures would not lead to a financial crisis
Friday, Jan 18, 2013 7:35 PM UTCBusiness Foreclosure, Timothy Geithner
More market means more welfare state
Conservatives may be loath to admit it, but modern industry demands that child and elderly care be socialized
Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 6:40 PM UTCAll Salon Elfare, Breadwinners
Emergency landing grounds Boeing 787 jets in Japan
It's the latest setback for the troubled Dreamliner VIDEO
Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 1:43 PM UTCBusiness aol_on, Video, From the Wires
Poverty increasingly means the employed
For a growing segment of workers, a middle-class life is slipping out of reach
Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013 1:31 PM UTC 16Life U.S. Economy, Service sector
The brutal truth about how childhood determines your economic destiny
The British class system looks frighteningly rigid in "56 Up." But is America any better?
Sunday, Jan 13, 2013 5:00 PM UTC 18Entertainment AlterNet, 56 Up, Britain, Economics
The “fiscal cliff” deal’s fattest cats
Goldman Sachs is sitting pretty after Congress cut a deal larded with corporate tax breaks worth billions
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 7:31 PM UTCPolitics BillMoyers.com, Goldman Sachs
Consumer finance agency bids to stop predatory lending
A new rule forces lenders to take responsibility for their loans
Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 5:02 PM UTCNews U.S. Economy, Housing
“Entitlement reform” is a hoax
No, Social Security won’t contribute to future budget deficits
Monday, Jan 7, 2013 4:45 PM UTC 13Life Social Security, Conservatism
Banks to pay $10B for foreclosure abuses
The settlement will go to Americans who lost their homes or are in danger of losing their homes
Monday, Jan 7, 2013 12:02 PM UTCBusiness Wall Street, Foreclosure
Economy added 155,000 jobs in December
The figure met analyst expectations
Friday, Jan 4, 2013 1:37 PM UTCBusiness Unemployment, Jobs, Statistics
ADP report shows gain of 215,000 jobs
The report beat analysts expectations
Thursday, Jan 3, 2013 1:30 PM UTCBusiness U.S. Economy, Jobs, Unemployment
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