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On AlterNet: purchasing power

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "purchasing power"

U! S! A! We're Number .... 15?

U! S! A! We're Number .... 15?

Dalton Conley, The Nation. March 16, 2009.
A new report shows that in terms of aggregate health, education, purchasing power, security and general well-being, the U.S. has been in decline.

The Fall of the American Consumer

The Fall of the American Consumer

Barbara Ehrenreich, Barbaraehrenreich.com. March 12, 2008.
We have been the world's designated shoppers, and, if we fall down on the job, we take the global economy with us.