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Category Archives: Economy and Prosperity
Morning Awful: Shrinking Middle Class
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Share the post “Morning Awful: Shrinking Middle Class”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Still wonder why people would risk getting pepper-sprayed in the face? Here’s a hint: the middle class has shrunk so much in the age of conservative governance that you can see it … Continue reading
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Occupy the Center
Share the post “Occupy the Center”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Have you read Matt Yglesias’ Saturday post on Occupy Wall Street as a rational response to a failed system? If not, do so. Now. Seriously, I’ll wait. It’s time we had a frank discussion … Continue reading
Companies Hoarding Cash
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Share the post “Companies Hoarding Cash”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe supply-side gospel is dead — profoundly, utterly debunked by empirical reality — but refuses to shut up. Not only are the wealthiest Americans hoarding trillions of dollars rather than investing, Nonfinancial companies are sitting … Continue reading
Posted in economic stimulus, Economics, Economy and Prosperity, stimulus bill
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Meme of the Month
Share the post “Meme of the Month”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Job losses can be “W” shaped. Hopefully, this president can manage a “V”-shaped recession with jobs bills. The proof is in the pudding and the chart is showing up as Facebook and Twitter … Continue reading
Main Street vs. Wall Street
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Share the post “Main Street vs. Wall Street”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail So here’s the good news: American manufacturing is making a comeback. Counties with the heaviest reliance on manufacturing income are posting some of the biggest employment gains of the nation’s early economic … Continue reading
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Economy, Prosperity Divorce
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Share the post “Economy, Prosperity Divorce”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 10,000 yesterday even as unemployment closed on ten percent. Countless economists have explained why jobs will lag the economy as a whole.
