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Economists fear that the nascent recovery will leave more people behind than in past recessions, failing to create jobs in sufficient numbers to absorb the record-setting ranks of the long-term unemployed. Call them the new poor: people long accustomed to the comforts of middle-class life who are now relying on public assistance for the first time in their lives — potentially for years to come. Yet the social safety net is already showing severe strains.
The New Poor - Despite Signs of Recovery, Long-Term Unemployment
Can you imagine an America without a strong middle class?
Elizabeth Warren: America Without a Middle Class
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“If we’ve arrived at a stage where the write-offs of our worth, the fabric of our economic system, and of moral-equity have come to pass, then it’s not possible to arrive here without a subversion of principles and ideals that have served the citizens of the United States for almost two centuries….”
Big Money: Debunking the myth of the 'sophisticated investo
As part of their defense in a messy SEC investigation, Goldman Sachs and investor John Paulson have trotted out a classic Wall Street defense: Their customers were " sophisticated investors ." So buyers, beware -- this is just how the big boys roll.Capital One has been working with the Chamber to sponsor job fairs and innovative workforce training initiatives for veterans and military spouses. If you thought preparing your tax return for 2011 was a painful exercise, just wait. Individuals and small businesses are staring down the barrel of a bevy of tax increases, new taxes, and expiring deductions scheduled to take effect at the beginning of next year
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You Don't Have to Take Our Word For It | The White House
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Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack make remarks on American manufacturing and innovation at Iowa State University, Des Moines, Iowa, March 1, 2012.
Middle Class Task Force Blog | The White House
How some of the major spending in the stimulus legislation will be shared among the states. Mouse over a state for details, or sort the rows in the chart below the map.
Stimulus Spending, Breakdown by States - The Wall Street Journal
BBC News - US jobless numbers hide scale of problem
The headline number only reveals a small part of the problem. An official US unemployment rate that hit 10% last year, and seems set to stay there or thereabouts for months yet, already makes grim reading. Yet there's growing concern that even that large and unpleasant number doesn't do justice to the size and severity of America's problem with jobs, or the lack thereof.
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Bloomberg News did a series of Freedom of Information Act requests of the Federal Reserve about their back door bailouts of financial institutions at the height of the financial crisis.Innovation Economics | Innovation Economy | The Innovation Bank
The Knowledge Inventory: In order to create anything useful, there must be an inventory of parts, a bill of materials, or an accounting system with assets on one column and liabilities (deficiencies) in the other column.The Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Coming Talent War: Young, Global, Diverse
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Data are not giving markets a clear steer on the direction of the economy or monetary policy. Fixed income markets continue to price in little monetary policy tightening over the next two years. A great many forecasters expect no tightening at all through to end-2013.
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