It probably isn't even the end of the beginning of the recession. We can't wish the economy back to health.
By Robert Reich Apr 13, 2009
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How do you find a silver lining in the news that the economy lost more than half a million jobs for the sixth straight month? It's not easy.
By Andrew Leonard
May 8, 2009
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Stock market at lowest point since 1997 over bank fears.
By Tim Paradis
March 2, 2009
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The financial guru's Ponzi scheme cost me 30 years of retirement savings. How could he do this to me -- and why did I let him?
By Geneen Roth
January 7, 2009
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I can't get up the nerve to tell my husband just how much money we've lost.
By Cary Tennis
December 1, 2008
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Another good day for stocks raises the question: After all the nasty things said about the president's negative influence on the market in February, where's the love now?
By Andrew Leonard
May 4, 2009
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A notorious white supremacist claims he knows the results of the Treasury Department's banking stress tests.
By Andrew Leonard
April 21, 2009
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Happy days are here again. Stock market investors haven't been so giddy since the depths of the worst economic contraction in U.S. history!
By Andrew Leonard
April 2, 2009
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Industrial activity declined for the 14th straight month -- but the rate of plummet slowed by a fraction. Break out the champagne!
By Andrew Leonard
April 1, 2009
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Investors dance a jig to the tune of Paul Krugman's despair. The Dow jumps almost 500 points.
By Andrew Leonard
March 23, 2009
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What does Wall Street know that the rest of us don't? The economy is reeling, but stock prices have started a (shaky) comeback.
By Andrew Leonard
March 16, 2009
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Cheer up! The current depressed stock market is really the "sale of the century."
By Andrew Leonard
March 13, 2009
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When Americans stopped saving money, we were told not to worry, because, really, we were all rich. We were misinformed.
By Andrew Leonard
March 12, 2009
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Consumers are showing some signs of life, but as job losses mount, don't look for their spending to continue.
By Andrew Leonard
March 12, 2009
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Citigroup struts, Ben Bernanke turns optimistic, and the stock market gets giddy. So is Obama now a genius?
By Andrew Leonard
March 10, 2009
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The Dow drops 4 percent, closing at another 12-year low. And with good reason, too.
By Andrew Leonard
March 5, 2009
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Investors seem to think Ben Bernanke told the Senate Banking Committee that nationalization was out of the question. Not exactly.
By Andrew Leonard
February 25, 2009
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Investors panic as banks continue to report huge losses
By Andrew Leonard
January 20, 2009
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Despite the best efforts of the Federal Reserve to follow the economic prescriptions of Milton Friedman, nothing is working. But Keynes' stock is rising.
By Andrew Leonard
December 1, 2008
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Who cares if right now hedge fund investors want all their money back? Sooner or later, they'll change their minds.
By Andrew Leonard
November 21, 2008
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For the second consecutive day, stock indexes drop 5 percent. Is it a case of the no bailout blues?
By Andrew Leonard
November 20, 2008
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Do investors care who wins the U.S. presidential election?
By Andrew Leonard
November 4, 2008
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What's wrong with this picture? Stocks go up while the global economy goes down, down, down
By Andrew Leonard
October 29, 2008
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The New York Times had the story. In 1911. Pay attention or you will get burned again
By Andrew Leonard
October 28, 2008
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Japan gets the week started off with a bang. The Nikkei stock index falls to a 26-year low
By Andrew Leonard
October 27, 2008