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    • 35 Ratings
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    The New Deal WORKED. Deal with it, Neanderthals.

    FEBRUARY 17, 2009 3:24PM

    By Caveat Canem Croceum


    Topics: per capita income, unemployment, wpa, gross domestic product, gdp, economic recovery, neanderthals, neocons, economic history, econometrics, economics, new deal, fdr, stimulus package

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    • 32 Ratings
    • 4853 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    It Was a Jobs Bubble, Too

    AUGUST 1, 2010 9:00PM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: july jobs report, americorps, ccc, what would roosevelt do, hollowing out of the american economy, pointless speculation, conservative economic theory tax cuts, four deformations of the apocalypse, speculation economy, job bubble, chronic unemployment, unemployment, jobs, "david stockman and the gop welfare state", robert shiller, david stockman, new york times, oped, economic recovery, economic meltdown, real estate conservation corps, finance, economy, matt taibbi, politics, news

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    • 26 Ratings
    • 18803 Views
    • 52 Comments
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    Obama's First Year: a Long List of Underreported Successes

    JANUARY 6, 2010 11:18AM

    By J.E. Robertson


    Topics: healthcare, economic recovery, rights, environment, denuclearization, nobel, diplomacy, politifact, politics, 2009, barack, obama, open call, obama's first year

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    • 20 Ratings
    • 2934 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    The Big Bad "Socialist" Stimulus Package and Me

    OCTOBER 20, 2010 12:03PM

    By Ester Amy Fischer


    Topics: economy, grant writing, grants, western north carolina, ginseng, tea party, paul krugman, obama, undemployment, jobs, stimulus package, economic stimulus, economic recovery, rural america, farms, small farms, economic development, recession, mortgage crisis

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    • 18 Ratings
    • 2474 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    We Need Demand, Not Deregulation

    OCTOBER 13, 2011 8:33AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: republican primary campaign, michele bachmann, rick santorum, rick perry, mitt romney, pnc small business survey, pnc financial services group, “fact check: regulations not a huge jobs killer”, associated press, npr, scott holstein, kim and scott’s gourmet pretzels, deregulation as a cause of job growth, regulation as a cause of economic stagnation, deregulation, regulation, double dip recession, economic recovery, economic meltdown, unemployment, joblessness, economy, politics

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    • 18 Ratings
    • 3085 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Help Wanted: 7 Million Jobs

    APRIL 7, 2011 8:27AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: economy, finance, economics, politics, reducing government, march unemployment figures, u.s. bureau of labor statistics, tea party, 216000 jobs created, andrew sum, unemployment, jobs, jobless recovery, dislocated workers, labor participation rate, national urban league, job creation deficit, economic recovery, blue collar unemployment, workers at the margins marginalized, republican budget, hollowed-out economy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 2490 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    The Supercommittee: A Titanic for Our Times

    SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 8:34AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: obama administration, mitt romney, alternative minimum tax for corporations, dick cheney, warren buffett, gridlock, john kyl, supercommittee, congressional budget office, cbo, douglas elmendorf, “budget chief seeks wholesale reordering of government priorities”, l.a. times, lisa mascaro, economic recovery, economic meltdown, economy, business, politics, sequestration

    • 12 Ratings
    • 783 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    OS: Two Years and Three Things I Got Wrong…Really Wrong!

    OCTOBER 21, 2010 8:26AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: punditry, predictions, new normal, investing, finance, economic recovery, false projections, corrections, robert reich, irrational exuberance, stock market, tea party, midterm elections 2010, economy, politics

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    • 12 Ratings
    • 4787 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    The U.S. and Jobs: A Failure of Imagination?

    FEBRUARY 4, 2010 8:47AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: tags: moonshot 2.0, desperation whack-a-mole, jobs, joblessness, unemployment, economic development, green jobs, u.s. department of labor, adp report, davos, china, larry summers, china leading race to make clean energy, vestas, gridlock nation, protectionism, renewable energy, alternative energy, chinese firm shenyang power group, cielo wind power, u.s. renewable energy group, green energy, green energy jobs, recession, mancession, economic recovery, the u.s. and jobs: a failure of imagination?, jobs bill

    • 12 Ratings
    • 1667 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Pornograph: Dems vs. Reps Economic Smackdown

    FEBRUARY 20, 2009 12:19PM

    By Caveat Canem Croceum


    Topics: per capita income, gross domestic product, gdp, economic recovery, neanderthals, neocons, economic history, econometrics, economics, new deal, fdr, republicans, democrats

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1785 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Obama's Press Conference on the Budget and Economic Recovery

    MARCH 25, 2009 9:26AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: energy, health care, jobs, unemployment, reporters, press, news, media, power, money, timothy geithner, goldman sachs, aig, corruption, greed, wall street, president obama, republican, democrat, economy, economic recovery, budget, press conference, obama

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    • 6 Ratings
    • 1630 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    A Second Economic Stimulus Worth Supporting

    JULY 9, 2009 10:26AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: economy, economic recovery, stimulus, second stimulus, money, democrats, republicans, health care, healthcare, single payer, single-payer health care, public option, nurses, doctors, patients, medicine, drugs, jobs, unemployment, unemployed, reform, change, news, politics

    • 5 Ratings
    • 1160 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    WE are the Job Creators

    JULY 19, 2012 8:38AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: economy, finance, politics, republican rhetoric, job creators, frank lutz, jack hitt, joan walsh, senator mitch mcconnell, nick hanauer, john harvey, forbes, justin wolfe, wharton school of business, melissa block, neal st. anthony, the daily beast, meredith perry, ubeam, jobs, economic recovery, ted conference

    • 5 Ratings
    • 1148 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    When Robots Make American Work Ethic Obsolete

    JUNE 3, 2012 2:14PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, capitalism, supply-side capitalism, foxwoods casino, automation, robots, work ethic, moral values, religion, slot machines, downsizing, unemployment, free market, keynesian economics, great depression, great recession, stimulus spending, wall street journal, austerity, paul krugman, housing bubble, dot.com bubble, weapons of mass destruction, paradox of development, safety net, farming, creative destruction, entrepreneurialism, leisure class, monied interests, landed elite, john adams, labor market, hysteresis, economic recovery, business cycle, structural economic change

    • 5 Ratings
    • 1155 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Does Manufacturing Matter?

    FEBRUARY 16, 2012 8:27AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: economic recovery, louis uchitelle, christina romer, robert reich, andrew n. liveris, dow chemical, apple, master lock, dow chemical, repatriating jobs, onshoring jobs, unemployment, joblessness, jobs, manufacturing, economic meltdown, economics, : business

    • 5 Ratings
    • 1478 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    The Sweet Inefficiencies of Small Business

    SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 8:30AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: french small business models, economic recovery, auchon, and casandra bischoff, ineke van der knaap, ingrid verheul, candice henriquez, jobs, underground economy, informal economy, institutions and culture, determinants of entrepreneurship in france: policies, indiana university, san francisco renaissance, entrepreneurship, small business, economic meltdown, economy, business, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 822 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    A Positive Economic Indicator For A Change

    MARCH 11, 2009 7:54AM

    By GaryBaumgarten


    Topics: economic recovery, gary baumgarten, mba, mortgages, news talk online, paltalk

    • 4 Ratings
    • 2595 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    China Poised to Eclipse U.S. Manufacturing

    JUNE 23, 2010 8:26PM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: jobs, china, tax policy and jobs, jobless recovery, offshored job tax, manufacturing jobs, economic meltdown, alliance for american manufacturing, whirlpool moves to mexico, in indiana centerpiece for a city closes shop, new york times, ihs global insight report, manufacturing decline, chinese manufacturing, offshoring jobs, unemployment, economic recovery, jobs, economy, news

    • 2 Ratings
    • 433 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    A Blueprint for a Progressive America – Part One

    JANUARY 23, 2010 8:37PM

    By Commander's_Blog


    Topics: conservatives, politics, democratic party, ronald reagan, dan quayle, lloyd bentsen, libertarians, lobbyists, economic recovery, t. wayne bailey, jerry bruno, progressive, massachusetts election, obama, liberalism, rfk, robert kennedy, jfk, franklin roosevelt, john kennedy

    • 2 Ratings
    • 1153 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Colin Powell Becoming Disenchanted With Obama's Policies

    JULY 5, 2009 2:01AM

    By GaryBaumgarten


    Topics: recession, president obama, economy, economic stimulus, economic recovery, colin powell

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