Imagine if the stock market was a bunch of people running around buying and selling meaningless junk that no one cares about it? Oh wait, it is that. Read More ›
Mitt Romney tries to give the unemployed and under-employed a voice. “Hope and change has not been kind to millions of Americans, but they still believe in this great country, and deserve a leader who believes in them: Mitt Romney.” Read More ›
More weak jobs numbers. The president promises change. Also, more of the same. Read More ›
The Romney campaign seizes on David Axelrod's warning about an economy that “continues down the road we're on.” The perils of being an incumbent. Read More ›
A new study shows they're also more likely to stay married. They've caught up with their high school educated peers. Read More ›
Births to teen parents are at a record low. Some experts say it's because of the economy. Read More ›
Pro-choice advocates long argued that abortion rights save the government money. Some anti-abortion activists have called this argument cynical — but their side talks about money too. Let's look at the history of the aborted-taxpayer theory. Read More ›
The government would also, he says, have banned the light bulb. “Oh yeah, they just did.” Read More ›
It's about the only thing he can say. Read More ›
Launches direct appeal to women voters, in wake of fierce contraception debate. Read More ›
A survey of over 4 million Facebook profiles discovered some pretty depressing statistics. Read More ›
Billed as a significant campaign speech, Santorum falls flat. This was his Ford Field moment. Read More ›
Will the Republican be stuck selling pessimism? Read More ›
In 2010, Google had $29.3 billion in revenue. To put things in perspective, this is more than the GDP of the 28 poorest countries… combined!
At any point during an economic downturn, there are always obvious signs of the recession. But during these times, there are less-noticed but totally bizarre indicators that things are bad.
Goldman Sachs men are now installed as Prime Ministers in Greece (Lucas Papademos) and Italy (Mario Monti), with various others strategically placed around Europe. Why stop here, though? Why not extend thy reach, Goldman Sachs?
In short, the national numbers are promising, yet much of the nation is still struggling to pay the bills. We’re still a long way away from pre-recession numbers making a real difference in the average American’s life.
The latest batch of the Globe and Mail's snarky red carpet photo captions honor those valiant protesters camped out on Wall Street. Read More ›
Created by Occupy Wall Street protesters, We Are The 99 Percent is a Tumblr with less ranting and raving against the Wall Street system, and more just people with homemade signs telling their personal stories. Read More ›
Good thing he was sitting down. (via freakonomics.com) View Image ›
Do you think all those sour-faced folks in Congress got the message? Watch Video ›
Steve Wolfhard has been drawing a series of Comics entitled Turtie Needs Work, about the jobs a turtle will take in a down economy. (via theuniblog.evilspacerobot.com) View List ›
This should be required viewing for every member of Congress and all the White House staff, President Obama included. NSFW due to language contained in this epic scolding. Click here to see more of Felonious Munk’s videos. Watch Video ›
The many coffins of the DOW. When the economy gives its dying gasp or receives the kiss of life, it'll be in these noisy halls. Read More ›
This guy is the biggest threat to Obama in 2012? (via Gotcha Media) Watch Video ›
The Daily Show looks the new debt crisis congressional “supercommittee” and the “amazing powers” they posses. At least find out how Sen. John “The Trickler” Kyl got his superhero name. (via thedailyshow.com) View Media ›
The most powerful nation on earth currently is tied with Google for the amount of cash that it has. Treasury cash balances were depleted from from $130 billion to just $39 billion in the first half of July. More at ThinkProgress. View List ›
To save money on gas Conan offers to drive a bunch of his staff to work. Hilarity ensues. (via The Uniblog) View Media ›
UPDATE: Parliament has passed the austerity measures, paving the way for financial assistance from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund which will hopefully stabilize not just the Greek economy, but the world economy. Unrest continues in the streets of Athens. Demonstrations against the Greek government's proposed austerity measures turned violent in Athens today, with protesters hurling rocks and firebombs at police. Police have responded with tear gas and batons. If parliament doesn't pass the cost-cutting plan, Greece will not receive a bailout package from the European Union. Without the aid package, Greece will default on its debt, sending shock waves through the world economy. View List ›
