On AlterNet: great depression
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "great depression"
Alejandro Reuss, Dollars and Sense. November 10, 2009.
Whether the gears of a capitalist economy mesh or not depends on the institutional framework in which capitalist companies operate.
Julianne Malveaux, The Progressive. November 6, 2009.
The same nation that created a Works Progress Administration in the 1930s should create another one in the 21st century.
Gerald Friedman, Dollars and Sense. July 29, 2009.
Bernanke has conducted an economic policy as cruel as it has been ineffective. But the blame here lies squarely on the economics profession.
Kristin Celello, American Sexuality Magazine. May 29, 2009.
Based on what happened to the American marriage during the Great Depression, things don't look for married couples.
David Hilfiker, AlterNet. May 15, 2009.
Does the current economic system need only minor correctives, or has it reached its limits, requiring fundamental rethinking?
Thom Hartmann, Smirking Chimp. April 16, 2009.
The Geithner/Summers plan seems to hinge on reinflating the debt bubble. The outcome will be inflation, a more serious crash, or both.
Nick Penniman, Harry Hanbury, American News Project AlterNet: Video. March 31, 2009.
Everyone agrees: The populist fires are burning. But what's next?
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. February 23, 2009.
This is not good.
Paul Krugman, The New York Times. January 7, 2009.
Will we act swiftly and boldly enough to stop it from happening?
Gray Brechin, AlterNet. December 18, 2008.
We can't forget what bold and ingenious leadership can accomplish against the caution of low expectations in harsh economic times.
Sasan Fayazmanesh, CounterPunch. November 15, 2008.
What's the likely fallout of our economic crisis? Nobody knows for sure -- but the economists won't admit it.
Terrance Heath, Campaign for America's Future. October 24, 2008.
Economist and author Robert Kuttner talks about how we got from the crash of 1929 to Meltdown 2008, and how we can avoid another Great Depression.
Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect. September 18, 2008.
Free-market extremists brought us this needless economic collapse. Here's a rundown of the mistakes we've made and the reforms we need now.
Jeff Faux, The Nation. March 31, 2008.
A huge pyramid of debt was made possible by thirty years of relentless deregulation of financial markets.
