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Still the Promised Land: Poverty, Policy and Hope in the Rust Beltnew

Out west in gigantic, thriving Chicago, there’s a debate underway between a journalist and an IT consultant over whether regionalism can help the hollowing-out cities of the Rust Belt.
Artvoice  |  Bruce Fisher  |  03-05-2010  |  Economy

Meet the Rebel Economists Who Predicted the Financial Collapsenew

The economics profession has been dominated by the disciples of the late free-market guru Milton Friedman and others of the Chicago School, so named because of their prominence on the faculty of the University of Chicago. But for decades, there has been an overshadowed (and at times bitterly ridiculed) alternative group of economists who have long been warning that the Neoclassical orthodoxy was missing the boat and leading us astray.
Artvoice  |  Ted Schmidt and Bruce Fisher  |  10-02-2009  |  Economy

The Recession is Ending, but Only for Banks and Investors ... The Rest of Us Are Still Screwednew

It's over. The depression, recession, whatever you want to call it -- it's over. The corporate media told me so.
Artvoice  |  Michael I. Niman  |  08-17-2009  |  Economy

How Do You Take the Rust Out of the Rust Belt?new

It's a question politicians and policymakers have been asking themselves for years. Now, with a new administration in the White House and stimulus money at the ready, local lawmakers and nonprofits are looking for ways to funnel some much-needed capital into revitalizing Great Lakes cities.
Artvoice  |  Ellen Prezepasniak  |  06-16-2009  |  Economy

Buffalo or California: Which Is the Better National Bellwether?new

It's now reasonable, and not far-fetched, to expect fiscal chaos in state and local governments in the next two years. Here's what fiscal chaos means: more Californias.
Artvoice  |  Bruce Fisher  |  05-29-2009  |  Economy

Why Do We Bail Out Wall Street Bankers?new

Ben Bernanke's Federal Reserve and Timothy Geithner's Treasury Department continue to sink billions of dollars into the black hole of Wall Street, but those billions have not prevented the US economy’s nosedive toward a crash and burn ending. And what is Bernanke's solution? More of the same.
Artvoice  |  Ted P. Schmidt  |  03-13-2009  |  Economy

On Ponzi Capitalismnew

Two names have been wed in the news this month: Charles Ponzi, the con artist busted in 1920, and Bernard Madoff, one of America's most successful hedge fund managers and a reputable pillar of the Wall Street financial community. But I'm confused, because a ponzi scheme also describes the global economy.
Artvoice  |  Michael I. Niman  |  12-29-2008  |  Economy

Will Obama Give Us the Right Kind of Stimulus?new

Let's hope that the outgoing Bush administration, the incoming Obama administration, the permanent mandarins of the think tanks, and the Congressional majorities all come together so that we get an adequate stimulus package -- so that we shall still have the choice to purchase a GM, Ford, or Chrysler product in the coming years, preferably the plug-in hybrid that Obama wants them to make.
Artvoice  |  Bruce Fisher  |  11-17-2008  |  Economy

In Paulson We Trustnew

Did the treasury secretary let Lehman Brothers fail, exacerbating the nascent crisis, knowing it would punish liberal financier George Soros and benefit his old firm, Goldman Sachs?
Artvoice  |  Ted P. Schmidt  |  10-20-2008  |  Economy

If Wall Street Gets a Bailout, Will Infrastructure Get a Boost?new

There has never been a more stark contrast between two radically different prescriptions for economic recovery than the one that is playing out here in New York, in the state that is the home of the finance, insurance, and real estate economy -- which just blew up.
Artvoice  |  Bruce Fisher  |  10-06-2008  |  Economy

Chumps & Champs in the Financial Meltdownnew

No matter who is in the White House next year, the script has already been written. Bailout or fallout -- any outcome will cost us big. The money has to come from somewhere.
Artvoice  |  Michael I. Niman  |  10-06-2008  |  Economy

How Washington Could Shape the Future Coming Out of the Meltdownnew

Let's talk about reform, and your money, and what government should do now that there is a genuine, world-class financial crisis.
Artvoice  |  Bruce Fisher  |  09-29-2008  |  Economy

How McCain's Economic Advisor, and Bill Clinton's, Screwed the Economynew

What we're experiencing is not just one of those occasional stock market swoons or interest-rate tangos. What's going on now is a calamity of the sort not seen since the dark days of 1929.
Artvoice  |  Bruce Fisher  |  09-22-2008  |  Economy

Live It or Lose Itnew

Writer and activist Francis Moore Lappe has developed a revolutionary philosophy on hunger, poverty and global food systems.
Artvoice  |  Lauren Newkirk Maynard  |  10-20-2006  |  Economy

Out of Energy?

Fuel alternatives abound, but the federal government isn't about to fund them.
Artvoice  |  Peter Koch  |  10-07-2005  |  Economy

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