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Stimulus 102-- One Year and $800 Billion Later - NAM
(news.newamericamedia.org)
Last month marked one year since the nearly $800 billion federal stimulus package was passed by Congress. What has the stimulus package accomplished? What should we do now?
Submitted 10 days ago by scastaTMC | 0 Comments |
Afro-Netizen: Obama's Proposed "Small Business" Initiative Lacks Audacity (and Focus)
(www.afro-netizen.com)
You wouldn't have guessed it from listening to President Obama's State of the Union address, but small and/or new businesses aren't really the types of enterprises that need our recirculated stimulus... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by AlisonHamm on Economy | 0 Comments |
Weekly Audit: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
(open.salon.com)
President Barack Obama invited leading economic thinkers to a job creation summit on Thursday to help combat the worst unemployment crisis in decades.
Submitted 3 months ago by lizchapman on Economy | 0 Comments |
Funds For Small Business Will Grow Economy
(airamerica.com)
President Barack Obama is setting out fresh plans to reinvigorate the U.S. economy, focusing on incentives to small businesses and hiring to bring down the country's 10 percent unemployment rate.
Submitted 3 months ago by lizchapman on Economy | 0 Comments |
Weekly Audit: The Unemployment Epidemic
(open.salon.com)
The U.S. unemployment rate officially broke 10% for the first time since the early Reagan years. This is about as bad as it gets for a modern, developed economy. If Congress and President Obama... More
Submitted 4 months ago by lizchapman on Economy | 0 Comments |
A Stimulus by Any Other Name
(www.prospect.org)
It's been the same story for months: Unemployment is increasing, even if the rate at which it rises has been slowing. While 9.8 percent of the labor force is actually unemployed, some 17 percent... More
Submitted 4 months ago by cdoherty on Economy | 0 Comments |
Publicly-Owned Banks Can Help States and Residents
(www.yesmagazine.com)
State and local leaders are considering creating publicly owned banks that can funnel credit to where it is needed most: directly into the local economy.
Submitted 5 months ago by lizchapman on Economy | 0 Comments |
Weekly Audit: Save Jobs, Save the Economy
(open.salon.com)
Last month, the U.S. unemployment rate surged to 9.8% as 260,000 people lost their jobs. Although the stock market and corporate profits appear to be recovering from last year's financial catastrophe,... More
Submitted 5 months ago by lizchapman on Economy | 0 Comments |
China and the global crisis
(therealnews.com)
Minqi Li: Chinese stimulus money fueling China's growth, but how long can it last?
Submitted 5 months ago by raquelbrown on Economy | 0 Comments |
Why Wall Street booms while Main Street suffers
(www.salon.com)
Sept. 22, 2009 | So how can the Dow be flirting with 10,000 when consumers, who make up 70 percent of the economy, have had to cut way back on buying because they have no money? Jobs continue to... More
Submitted 5 months ago by raquelbrown on Economy | 0 Comments |
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