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College: American Dream Evaporates, Item by Item
Bye Bye College Education: The Path to Upward Economic Mobility is Fading AwayBy Joel Hirschhorn / December 12, 2008 Try to imagine just how much the cost of a college education has increased over the past 25 years. Take your … Continue reading
Our Economic Trainwreck : Trying to Get Back on Track
The Wrecked Economy: What has Been Done to Address ItBy Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / December 17, 2008 [This is the second of a three-part series on the economy by The Rag Blog’s Sherman DeBrosse.] When Secretary of … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Collapse, Economic Recovery, Economy, Federal Reserve, Henry Paulson, Treasury Dept.
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US Household Worth Takes a Nosedive : How Do We Get Out of This Mess?
Updated December 17, 2008 Americans strapped for cash so they’re not spending; How will the government pay back all the cash it’s creating?By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / December 16, 2008 See ‘Household Net Worth in U.S. Declines … Continue reading
Rogers: "We’re Going to Have a Lost Decade"
Jim Rogers calls most big U.S. banks “bankrupt”By Jonathan Stempel / December 11, 2008 NEW YORK – Jim Rogers, one of the world’s most prominent international investors, on Thursday called most of the largest U.S. banks “totally bankrupt,” and said … Continue reading
Sherman DeBrosse : Our Economic Trainwreck
‘The financial crisis involves a great deal more than shaky home mortgagers. The key problem is that our financial markets have been deregulated and, lacking policing, have engaged in a massive speculative binge.’ By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Economic Collapse, Economy, Financial Crisis, Great Depression
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Joseph E. Stiglitz on the Economic Crisis : Capitalist Fools
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and former Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan bookend two decades of economic missteps. Photo illustration by Darrow / Vanity Fair. Behind the debate over remaking U.S. financial policy will be a debate over who’s to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Greenspan, Capitalism, Economic Crisis, Economics, Economy, Henry Paulson
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Sherman DeBrosse : Big Three Bailout a Must
UAW workers picket GMC plant. Photo by Spencer Platt / Getty Images.An auto bridge loan is essential to reduce the pain of recession.By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / December 10, 2008 The U.S. economy is so fragile that … Continue reading
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Tagged Automobile Bailout, Automobile Industry, Congressional Bailout, Economic Crisis, Economy, Labor Unions, Recession
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Recession: Delusional Politics meets Lewis Carroll
‘”It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards,” the Queen remarked.’By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / December 4, 2008 “The rule is jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today!” Young Alice Bernanke stared … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Crisis, Economy, Lewis Carroll, Political Satire, Recession
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Financial Crime Scene: Fingering the Perps
This is a very well-written and provocative article by a longtime Treasury Department analyst. It was originally delivered as a speech on Nov. 15, 2008, the first day of the G20 economic summit, at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Banking, Bush Administration, Economic Crisis, Economic Democracy, Economy, Federal Reserve, World Economy
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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : On Aging
Sir William Osler: “Pneumonia is the old man’s friend.”‘In the United States, for oh so many years we have merely warehoused the disabled, senile and near senile elderly, in nursing homes of variable competence.’By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr. Stephen R. Keister, Economy, Elderly, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care
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Hunger: Not Just an Overseas Problem
50 Percent More US Kids Hungry in 2007By Michael J. Sniffen / November 17, 2008 WASHINGTON – Some 691,000 children went hungry in America sometime in 2007, while close to one in eight Americans struggled to feed themselves adequately even … Continue reading
‘Sessing the Automakers Bailout
Cartoon by Charlie Loving / The Rag Blog
