economy
Banking on consumer debt
November 25, 2009As the economic crisis continues to worsen and the official national unemployment rate inches well over 10 percent, more and more Americans are faced with more and more debt.
Read moreIn economic crisis, ordinary people create solutions
November 25, 2009"We the people" - Local communities are creating human networks of food banks, community gardens, medical clinics, telephone hotlines and more.
Read moreFederal aid urgently needed to avoid state budget catastrophes
November 24, 2009CHICAGO— Looming behind the 17 million jobless tsunami hitting the country is another disaster: over $180 billion in accumulated budget deficits set to devastate state governments, according to a new study by the Pew Center for...
Read moreAre we left behind in the ‘green production’ revolution?
November 20, 2009Institute for America's Future experts: China has a national industrial strategy. We do not. And we better come up with one soon.
Read moreFeeling heat, U.S.-China firms say they’ll build turbines here
November 19, 2009Under pressure from the nation’s biggest manufacturing union, a U.S.-China energy partnership said it would build a factory here, creating 1,000 jobs.
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