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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
    • 1151 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
    • 1156 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

    • 0 Ratings
    • 655 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Why high unemployment can't become ordinary

    NOVEMBER 4, 2011 11:54AM

    By SocialJustice


    Topics: congress, politics, wall street, economy, business, poor, low-income, unemployment, super committee, workers, policy, bills, legislation, emergency unemployment, jobs bill, economic recovery

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    • 18 Ratings
    • 2475 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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    • 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

    • 5 Ratings
    • 1479 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

    • 0 Ratings
    • 159 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Martha’s Vineyard & Obama: Possible Dreams

    AUGUST 24, 2011 2:02PM

    By Monika Mitchell


    Topics: economic recovery, economic solutions, martha's vineyard, message of hope, president obama, yes we can

    • 1 Ratings
    • 134 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Shared Sacrifice: Call for New Leadership

    AUGUST 17, 2011 2:57PM

    By Monika Mitchell


    Topics: new leadership, economic stimulus, economic recovery, shared sacrifice

    • 1 Ratings
    • 141 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Economy Requires Shared Sacrifice

    JULY 13, 2011 4:13PM

    By Dicky Neely


    Topics: cartoon saturday, economic recovery, politics, class warfare, income disparity

    • Editor's Pick
    • 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

    • 0 Ratings
    • 384 Views
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    A Mandate for Slower Economic Recovery

    NOVEMBER 3, 2010 11:32PM

    By Jessica Kelton


    Topics: economic recovery, speaker boehner, republican takeover, 2010 election

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 2936 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

    • 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

    • 0 Ratings
    • 347 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Do Republicans Hate Small Business?

    AUGUST 6, 2010 9:57AM

    By Monika Mitchell


    Topics: credit crisis, small business jobs and credit act, small business credit, senate filibuster, olmpia snowe, job creation, federal reserve chairman bernanke, economic recovery, economic bailout, american small business, access to credit

    • Editor's Pick
    • 32 Ratings
    • 4854 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

    • 4 Ratings
    • 2598 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

    • 0 Ratings
    • 216 Views
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    NRDCs Videos Reveal the Potential of of the Green Economy

    MARCH 25, 2010 9:19AM

    By jamescannonboyce


    Topics: clean energy, clean energy jobs for a strong usa, clean energy patriots, economic recovery, green jobs, james boyce, nrdc, patriots, strong economy, veterans, green news

    • 0 Ratings
    • 298 Views
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    Economic Storm Clouds on the Horizon

    MARCH 24, 2010 8:53AM

    By josey wales


    Topics: open call, wall street, economic recovery, existing home sales, commercial real estate, foreclosure prevention program, housing crisis, health care reform

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 4788 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

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