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The New Deal WORKED. Deal with it, Neanderthals.
FEBRUARY 17, 2009 3:24PM
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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It Was a Jobs Bubble, Too
AUGUST 1, 2010 9:00PM
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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Obama's First Year: a Long List of Underreported Successes
JANUARY 6, 2010 11:18AM
Topics: healthcare, economic recovery, rights, environment, denuclearization, nobel, diplomacy, politifact, politics, 2009, barack, obama, open call, obama's first year
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- 2934 Views
- 35 Comments
The Big Bad "Socialist" Stimulus Package and Me
OCTOBER 20, 2010 12:03PM
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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- 2474 Views
- 30 Comments
We Need Demand, Not Deregulation
OCTOBER 13, 2011 8:33AM
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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- 3085 Views
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Help Wanted: 7 Million Jobs
APRIL 7, 2011 8:27AM
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
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- 2490 Views
- 17 Comments
The Supercommittee: A Titanic for Our Times
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 8:34AM
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
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- 783 Views
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OS: Two Years and Three Things I Got Wrong…Really Wrong!
OCTOBER 21, 2010 8:26AM
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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- 4787 Views
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The U.S. and Jobs: A Failure of Imagination?
FEBRUARY 4, 2010 8:47AM
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
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- 14 Comments
Pornograph: Dems vs. Reps Economic Smackdown
FEBRUARY 20, 2009 12:19PM
Topics: per capita income, gross domestic product, gdp, economic recovery, neanderthals, neocons, economic history, econometrics, economics, new deal, fdr, republicans, democrats
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- 1785 Views
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Obama's Press Conference on the Budget and Economic Recovery
MARCH 25, 2009 9:26AM
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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- 1630 Views
- 14 Comments
A Second Economic Stimulus Worth Supporting
JULY 9, 2009 10:26AM
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
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- 1160 Views
- 10 Comments
WE are the Job Creators
JULY 19, 2012 8:38AM
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
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- 1148 Views
- 12 Comments
When Robots Make American Work Ethic Obsolete
JUNE 3, 2012 2:14PM
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
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- 8 Comments
Does Manufacturing Matter?
FEBRUARY 16, 2012 8:27AM
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
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- 1478 Views
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The Sweet Inefficiencies of Small Business
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 8:30AM
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
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A Positive Economic Indicator For A Change
MARCH 11, 2009 7:54AM
Topics: economic recovery, gary baumgarten, mba, mortgages, news talk online, paltalk
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- 2595 Views
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China Poised to Eclipse U.S. Manufacturing
JUNE 23, 2010 8:26PM
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
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- 433 Views
- 7 Comments
A Blueprint for a Progressive America – Part One
JANUARY 23, 2010 8:37PM
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
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- 1153 Views
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Colin Powell Becoming Disenchanted With Obama's Policies
JULY 5, 2009 2:01AM
Topics: recession, president obama, economy, economic stimulus, economic recovery, colin powell
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