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Obama, China and Wishful Thinking On Jobs
(www.salon.com)
The U.S. and China can both produce more than their consumers can buy, and both want to keep it that way.
Submitted 4 months ago by lizchapman | 0 Comments |
Retail Sales in September Drop Less Than Forecast (www.bloomberg.com)
Sales at U.S. retailers fell less than forecast in September after the Obama administration’s cash-for-clunkers program expired, signaling consumers are gaining confidence in the outlook for an... More
Submitted 5 months ago by lizchapman | 0 Comments |
Weekly Audit: Protect Consumers, Not Wall Street
(open.salon.com)
The economy is still getting worse. Foreclosures are surging above last year's epic highs and the unemployment rate marches upwards every month. As the misery grinds on, Wall Street lobbyists and... More
Submitted 5 months ago by lizchapman | 0 Comments |
Obama Promotes Tougher Rules To Protect Consumers
(uptake-editorial.groups.theuptake.org)
Leaders of the world’s largest economies will gather next week in Pittsburgh for the second time this year. The first meeting of the G-20 nations in April came at the height of the global financial... More
Submitted 6 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |
Consumers Chicken Out at the Checkout Line
(washingtonindependent.com)
On ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, both Paul Krugman and Robert Reich offered far more pessimistic views of the economy than the rosier outlook put forth by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on... More
Submitted 6 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |
Corporate Dominance of Every Aspects of Our Lives Is Suffocating us
(www.alternet.org)
Author Doug Rushkoff warns of the dominance of profit and consumerism in our mindsets, and offers a way out of the corporate culture.
Submitted 7 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |
A Bridge to Somewhere
(www.prospect.org)
For most Americans, the banking system is a tool to manage our money and build security. Through an array of competitively priced financial products, we can cheaply and easily convert income into... More
Submitted 7 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |
Les Leopold: Should Wall Street Pay Reparations?
(www.chelseagreen.com)
Les Leopold, harsh critic of the current incarnation of Wall Street and the author of The Looting of America: How Wall Street’s Game of Fantasy Finance Destroyed Our Jobs, Pensions, and... More
Submitted 7 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |
How will Republicans protect consumers?
(www.prospect.org)
The answer to that, according to James Kwak's inquiries, is with "a hotline, a requirement that regulations have to be extensively tested, and periodic review." That's about the length and breadth of... More
Submitted 7 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |
Recession Gives Haggling The Upper Hand
(airamerica.com)
In this buyer's market, any item is fair game for haggling, from cellphone plans to meat to furniture. According to America's Research Group, October saw 56 percent of consumers trying to negotiate at... More
Submitted 7 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |
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