On AlterNet: economic crisis
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "economic crisis"
Nick Turse, AlterNet. November 20, 2009.
Despite ever rosier economic predictions and a surging stock market, the body count from the economic crisis is destined only to grow in the weeks and months ahead.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 17, 2009.
Wall Street's raking in massive profits and paying its execs and traders record bonuses, thanks in part to government cash. What about ordinary Americans?
Scott Thill, AlterNet. November 9, 2009.
The economic crisis revealed late-capitalism's central offense: Human beings are being transparently treated if they were mere transactions. And they're going postal over it.
Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. October 30, 2009.
There's a disconnect between official economic figures like GDP, "third quarter growth," and average citizens' lives.
AlterNet AlterNet: PEEKOctober 20, 2009.
States are wasting millions on an inefficient death penalty system, diverting scarce funds from other anti-crime and law enforcement programs.
Marianne Hill, Dollars and Sense. October 15, 2009.
Think you can count on unemployment insurance if you lose your job? Think again.
Lagan Sebert, Ben Protess, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund. October 8, 2009.
According to Gary Gensler, the top regulator of the commodities markets, Americans are still "vulnerable" to privately negotiated derivatives.
Nomi Prins, Wiley Press. September 29, 2009.
To hear it from the big financial companies, the big crash started when poor people bought homes they couldn't afford. But that was at most 1% of the problem.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, September 25, 2009.
Over a year ago, we suffered the most significant financial collapse since the Great Depression, and the result of that is massive unemployment and underemployment.
Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. September 21, 2009.
"Michael goes directly to the beating heart of the economic crisis ... The knot in your stomach starts to tighten -- and the outrage starts to build."
Noam Chomsky, Boston Review. September 10, 2009.
The way we perceive "crises" here in the U.S. is a profound symbol of how we don't understand them internationally.
Kari Lydersen, Melville House Publishing. August 19, 2009.
When Chicago's Republic Windows & Doors suddenly closed, workers occupied the factory and fought for their labor rights.
Alan Farago, CounterPunch. August 3, 2009.
Cable TV is better in tune with the zeitgeist than government, showing viewers the real world: cratered housing market and horrible jobs market.
Thomas Greco, Jr., AlterNet. July 27, 2009.
If we desire to have a peaceful, equitable society, the power of lending must go to people and their communities.
Agence France Presse July 24, 2009.
Bodies left unclaimed, cadavers stacked high in morgues and burial rates tumbling as loved ones cut funeral costs: the crippling recession is even haunting the dead across the United States.
Frontera NorteSur, New America Media. July 23, 2009.
Latinos, who have suffered disproportionately from the effects of the recession, are now relying more on their relatives down south.
Christian Parenti, The Brooklyn Rail. July 18, 2009.
Henwood, who publishes The Left Business Observer, discusses the global economic crisis with Christian Parenti.
Staff, The Nation AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. July 17, 2009.
John Nichols weighs in.
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog AlterNet: PEEK. July 17, 2009.
Where are the anti-trusters when we need them?
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. July 16, 2009.
Laws expanding DNA collection from people accused of crimes are passing in states across the country. But it doesn't mean that justice will be done.
Robert B. Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. July 10, 2009.
Are green shoots emerging? Not until people feel more secure economically.
Mike Lux, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. July 9, 2009.
We need a comprehensive policy package that is very simply focused on one thing and one thing only: jobs.
Agence France Presse June 21, 2009.
The economic weakness in the developing world after recent years of robust growth heightens the risks of social unrest and deepening poverty, according to the World Bank.
Charlie Cray, CorpWatch. June 17, 2009.
By failing to stoke popular support with a clear plan, Obama has for now effectively left Congress little choice but to dicker over the details.
Naomi Klein, AlterNet. June 13, 2009.
There is nothing undemocratic about pushing through a set of radical policies that will actually solve the crisis.
