An 85-year-old-American gives her first-hand account of life under FDRs New Deal, and traces the parallels to today, and to Obama. Her family survived the...
A story told in pictures about the current recession. Greed, deregulation, bad loans, subprime mortgages, and a housing bubble ready to burst - just a...
Less than half of California families could be considered middle-income in 2010. Sarah Bohn, policy fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), talks...
What will the lasting effects of the Great Recession be on the North American middle class economically, socially and psychologically? Will things eventually go back...
Economist Dean Baker from the Center for Economic and Policy Research examines the nation's current recession and the prospects for recovery. This program was recorded...
Homeless in America, The Death of the Middle Class. The Great Depression, The Great Recession. Unemployment, 60 minutes report, Homeless children. Wall Street's effect on...
The Great Recession and the Failure of Capitalism, Paul Mattick,Professor of Philosophy, Adelphi University, New York, Part of the 2011 Ethics Awareness Week from the...
Mainstream "Neoclassical" Economists famously did not see the Great Recession coming, and when you look at their theories, it's no wonder. Their favourite model prior...