Tag: economy
group name: theconversation
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May 21, 2008 09:55 AM EDT --
Today's post is from Nan Mooney , author of Not Keeping Up With Our Parents: The Decline of the Professional Middle Class . Mooney is also the author of I Can't Believe She Did That: . . . more
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May 22, 2008 10:15 AM EDT --
Suddenly, even for people who don't follow oil futures and Saudi production estimates, the lid seems to have blown off energy prices.
For the first time, oil prices barreled past the $135 dollar . . . more
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May 19, 2008 10:40 AM EDT --
The rich aside, it's not an easy time out there, economically, for Americans today.
Recession, insecurity, and inflation hit everyone but thirty-something journalist Nan Mooney sees a generational . . . more
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July 21, 2008 09:39 AM EDT --
Budweiser Beer – the Great American Lager – is Belgian now.
In Europe, Asia and the Middle East, foreign companies are going global. And with the dollar so weak, US companies look . . . more
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July 14, 2008 10:56 AM EDT --
With frightening stakes for the U.S. economy, the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve are stepping in with a plan to rescue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the backers of nearly half of American mortgage debt. . . . more
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March 25, 2008 11:00 AM EST --
There's been a little relief in the stock markets at the beginning of this week, but what a wild ride it's been lately. Oodles of money have been lost in markets and real estate, and nobody . . . more
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April 03, 2008 10:33 AM EST --
On the economic front these days, the buzz word is crisis: Wall Street, housing, credit crunch, falling dollar, recession.
The headlines are scary. And now they're full of proposed fixes, too.But . . . more
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June 11, 2008 10:43 AM EDT --
Americans don't need an economist to tell them the economy is in trouble these days. Just look around – at jobs, gas, prices, foreclosure.
But we might need an economist or two to size up . . . more
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