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Bankrupt USA : Instant Guide

Should employers be forced to offer paid sick leave?

Posted on March 2, 2012, at 3:03 PM

As companies cut costs, more workers are showing up sick at the office and Obama is threatening to do something about it

Bankrupt USA : In-depth briefing

Americans' growing dependency on food stamps

Posted on March 2, 2012, at 10:16 AM

One in seven U.S. citizens receives aid to buy food. Are we feeding the hungry, breeding dependency, or both?

Wall Street : Burning Question

Why is Wall Street full of psychopaths?

Posted on March 1, 2012, at 1:09 PM

A surprisingly high number of financiers have an "unparalleled capacity for lying," according to a new, unsettling report that's rattling the industry

The U.S. Recovery : The List

6 ways the warm winter helps the economy

Posted on March 1, 2012, at 7:00 AM

Most Americans had to shelve their dreams of a white Christmas this winter, but all this mild weather brings gifts of its own

The Tax Battle : Opinion Brief

Would Obama's corporate tax cut speed the recovery?

Posted on February 22, 2012, at 6:01 PM

The president wants to slash the tax rate on businesses — but raise corporate tax revenue by eliminating loopholes

The U.S. Recovery : Opinion Brief
President Obama visits a Boeing plant in Washington state: Three years after the president's $787 billion stimulus was signed into law, critics argue that Obama's policies have failed to help the economy.

The economic recovery: Proof Obama's stimulus worked?

Posted on February 22, 2012, at 9:00 AM

After years of sputtering, the U.S. economy seems to be picking up steam. But Republicans say the president's policies have only gotten in the way

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The U.S. Recovery : Controversy
Traders on the New York Stock Exchange: The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached 13,000 points on Tuesday for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis.

Is the U.S. in the middle of a 'false recovery'?

Posted on February 21, 2012, at 2:57 PM

Stocks are up. The unemployment rate is down. But that was also true a year ago, and back then, things didn't exactly work out like we hoped

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Wall Street : Instant Guide
Abandoned bungalows in Far Rockaway, New York: In 2008, this beachside town was referred to as "ground zero" of the subprime mortgage crisis.

The return of subprime bonds: Is Wall Street courting disaster?

Posted on February 21, 2012, at 1:01 PM

Everything old is new again, as investors snap up bundles of the same toxic subprime loans that led to the great crash of 2008

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Unemployed in America : Opinion Brief
Job seekers at a Colorado employment fair: Congress extended unemployment benefits, but controversially mandated drug-testing for certain applicants.

Unemployment benefits: Should drug testing be required?

Posted on February 17, 2012, at 5:12 PM

Under new legislation, the jobless will have to undergo drug testing in certain cases. If Republicans had gotten their way, it would have been all cases

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The Tax Battle : Burning Question
A Joos Van Cleve painting of Christ: Quoting scripture in a recent speech, President Obama said that the blessed should give more than the less fortunate.

Would Jesus raise taxes on the rich?

Posted on February 3, 2012, at 11:57 AM

Yes, He would, suggested Obama at Thursday's National Prayer Breakfast. Is the president playing politics with scripture?

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Unemployed in America : Opinion Brief
President Obama talks up his jobs plan at the construction site of a new Intel plant in Arizona: The U.S. economy unexpectedly gained a whopping 243,000 jobs in January.

The 'unequivocally strong' January jobs report

Posted on February 3, 2012, at 11:19 AM

Employers go on an unexpected hiring spree in January, pushing the unemployment rate to its lowest point in three years. But is all the news good?

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The U.S. Recovery : Opinion Brief
Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf during Senate hearings last year: The CBO has released grim new predictions for the U.S. economy.

Is D.C.'s deficit obsession undermining the economic recovery?

Posted on February 1, 2012, at 10:51 AM

A new report forecasts sky-high deficits for years without immediate, tough cuts — but alternative approaches are just as troubling

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The Tax Battle : By the numbers
Lobbyists walk past the U.S. Capital last year: Nearly 700 congressional staffers owe a combined $10.6 million in unpaid 2010 taxes.

Tax dodgers on the federal payroll: By the numbers

Posted on January 24, 2012, at 9:55 AM

Nearly 100,000 government workers owe a collective $1 billion in unpaid 2010 taxes — including employees at the Treasury Department and Government Ethics Office

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Unemployed in America : The List
Temporary construction on Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Park: In December, the construction industry added jobs for the first time since 2006.

The 'heartening' December jobs report: 5 takeaways

Posted on January 6, 2012, at 11:52 AM

The feds announce that 200,000 jobs were added to the economy last month, surpassing forecasts and adding momentum to the economic recovery

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The U.S. Recovery : Burning Question
Traders on the floor of the NYSE: Our currency economic crisis has some troubling historic parallels with the "Long Depression" that began afflicting America in the 1870s.

Are we at the beginning of a 25-year recession?

Posted on December 15, 2011, at 10:39 AM

The world economy faced a similar slump in the 19th Century. And it wasn't pretty

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Bankrupt USA : The List
Cassandra Martin, age 6, lies on a bed in a Texas shelter in 2009: Thanks to the recession, 1 in 45 American children is now homeless.

America's 'bleak' child homelessness problem

Posted on December 14, 2011, at 1:56 PM

A new report finds that a stunning 1 in 45 kids doesn't have a permanent roof over his head

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