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Got Work? College Grads Driving Cabs?
Grads at University of Pennsylvania commencement ceremonies May 18, 2009. Fewer than 20 percent of new graduates have landed work, compared to 50 percent two years ago. Photo by Matt Rourke / AP. The problem with higher education is that … Continue reading
Roger Baker : The Zombie Bank Syndrome
Zombie banker. Image from Mother Jones.Dead Banks Walking. . . Except for the bankers and the Obama administration, the prevailing reaction of many prominent economists is not one of optimism. By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / May 8, … Continue reading
Eschenbach: The Root Cause of the Economic Crisis: Selfishness Was In, Selflessness Was Out
The Death of Voodoo EconomicsBy Sid Eschenbach / The Rag Blog / March 12, 2009 While it’s interesting, almost unavoidable and improbably instructive to play a ‘blame game’ regarding who is responsible for our collective demise, my own view is … Continue reading
We Had to Do it…
Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / Historians Against the War / The Rag Blog Thanks to Dr. S. R. Keister / The Rag Blog
Philosophy and the Economy : View from Berlin
Front Page of the German daily newspaper Die Tageszeitung (TAZ) from Dec. 3, 2008. Photo by David MacBryde / The Rag Blog.Decisions, decisions, decisions… and the common good.By David MacBryde / The Rag Blog / February 3, 2009 BERLIN — … Continue reading
Loving: She’ll Be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain
Cartoon by Charlie Loving / The Rag Blog
Fixing the Economy : A Comprehensive Plan from Progressive Economists
We deny that there is any conflict between the need to get the economy moving again by creating jobs, and the long term goals of green technologies, national health insurance, and a fairer distribution of income. In fact, higher wages … Continue reading
Feeling a Little Depressed? So Does the Economy.
Block print by Frans Masereel.‘The discretionary spending sector appears to be in freefall — as the economy restructures itself at a lower level around consumer necessities like food and energy. This is global.’By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged Depression, Economic Crisis, Economic Recovery, Economy
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2009 and the Economy : Not So Good
‘It is getting awful damn hard to be optimistic about the US economy these days. If the problem can be fixed at all, it will probably really require an unprecedented degree of global cooperation.’By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
The Dynamics of a Deflationary Spiral
Goody’s Family Clothing appears to be the first retail casualty of a tough holiday season. Above, a store in Knoxville, Tenn., in 2005 during better times. Photo by AP. One problem in engineering an eventual recovery is that so much … Continue reading
Lame Duck Dubya’s Belated Bailout
President Bush pauses during a statement on the auto industry at the White House on Friday, December 19, 2008 in Washington. Photo by Evan Vucci / AP.‘It looks like the feds are going to end up owning and supporting a … Continue reading
Our Economic Trainwreck : Retooling the Engine
The Wrecked Economy: What Could Be Tried?By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / December 18, 2008 [This is the final installment in a three-part series on the economy by The Rag Blog’s Sherman DeBrosse.] A new approach to the … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Economic Recovery, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Financial Crisis
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