Tag: the economy
member name: Sean Kennedy
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May 03, 2007 06:22 PM EDT --
Illiteracy Also Poses An Economic Problem In An Increasingly Competitive Global Economy
According to a new report, one in five Americans is functionally illiterate. The National Coalition . . .
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June 07, 2007 10:45 PM EDT --
While Many Argue the Merits and Value of the Bush Tax Cuts, Perhaps Those Cuts Should Also Be Measured Against the Benefits Derived From Government Spending
The wisdom of President Bush's 2001 and . . .
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March 14, 2008 03:45 AM EDT --
Right now it appears as if the US is in the middle of an e conomic perfect storm; an eroding dollar, high budget and trade deficits, a mortgage fallout resulting in a spreading . . .
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February 10, 2009 02:53 PM EST --
And it Needs to be Focused on Infrastructure Spending
It's rather remarkable that Republican legislators, who simultaneously voted for two separate rounds of tax cuts . . .
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April 13, 2007 03:18 AM EDT --
The Following is a Review of Chapter Four of Bill Bradley’s “The New American Story”
In chapter four, dedicated to the economy, the former Senator spells out all that ails the American . . .
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February 20, 2009 03:33 AM EST --
GM is folding its Saturn division. Remember, "A different kind of company, a different kind of car?" Saturn was established to compete with Honda and Toyota 19 years ago. So much . . .
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June 06, 2009 05:27 PM EDT --
The government just released its "official" unemployment rate figure which, it claimed, was 9.4% in May. Many economists claim that the true figure is significantly worse, and that if workers who can . . .
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April 12, 2007 05:18 PM EDT --
National Association of Realtors Predicts 0.7% decline in 2007 -- the First Annual Drop on Record.
For months, the news in the housing market has been, at best, mixed. The good news is that mortgage . . .
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April 19, 2007 10:39 PM EDT --
U.S. Trade Deficit Sets Fifth Consecutive Record
It has many economists worried. It has politicians worried. We’ve been warned of the resulting dangers. And still it gets bigger and bigger.
Last . . .
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September 03, 2006 04:32 AM EDT --
Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid cost U.S. taxpayers more than $1 trillion a year, or 9% of the US gross domestic product. Some economists predict the cost will rise to 30% by 2050. Author Charles . . .
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April 26, 2007 11:36 PM EDT --
As the Dow Jones industrial average crossed the 13,000 milestone for the first time on Wednesday, it marked yet another record closing on Wall Street. Over the past six months, record-setting days have . . .
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May 11, 2007 02:58 AM EDT --
Between skyrocketing gas prices, global warming, national security issues, and economic concerns, almost everyone has a reason to reduce our use of fossil fuels and seek energy independence.
With . . .
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February 26, 2008 04:24 PM EST --
The Insurance & Pharmaceutical Industries Are The Problem
Democrats frequently complain that too many Americans don't have access to health care. As of last year, the number . . .
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September 19, 2008 01:36 AM EDT --
Have you heard the news?
The amount of money the Federal government has ponied up to bailout U.S. banks and other businesses this year is absolutely staggering; nearly $1 trillion. . . .
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September 23, 2008 01:52 AM EDT --
Of the 100 largest economies in the world, 51 are corporations.
Of those, 47 are U.S.-based.
The overall share of federal taxes paid by U.S. corporations is now less than 10 percent, down from 21 . . .
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September 23, 2008 07:28 PM EDT --
Over the last couple of years, you likely heard the stunning news reports about the U.S. savings rate reaching its lowest level since the Great Depression and, in fact, turning negative. . . .
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June 07, 2009 03:57 PM EDT --
In his 2005 book, "Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy ," Matthew Simmons reaches some downright scary conclusions.
A member of the National Petroleum . . .
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April 07, 2009 06:55 PM EDT --
It Was All Just Smoke & Mirrors
We are now have an economic reckoning. And the truth is bitter for some, disillusioning to others.
Much of the corporate profit growth . . .
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May 12, 2009 08:42 PM EDT --
In the words of both former US Comptroller General, David Walker, and former Fed Chairman, Alan Greenspan, "The United States is currently on an unsustainable path."
This is what they were talking . . .
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August 08, 2009 08:33 PM EDT --
Despite the fact that more than half of the House of Representatives signed on as co-sponsors, and despite the efforts of Senators as disparate as Jim DeMint and Bernie Sanders, the Senate still managed . . .
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