From AlterNet
By Tara Lohan, AlterNet
Posted on May 21, 2012

As our political system sputters, a wave of innovative thinking and bold experimentation is quietly sweeping away outmoded economic models. In New Economic Visions, a special five-part AlterNet series edited by economics editor Lynn Parramore in partnership with political economist Gar ( Read more... )

By David DeGraw, Amped Status
Posted on September 18, 2011
Via Alternet

( Downward mobility, homelessness spreading to the middle class, 200,000 public employees laid off? Here are some frightening trends to keep an eye on. )

Whether or not this is a new recession or just a continuation of the Great Recession, data out this week continues to suggest that the US, if not indeed the world, is at increasingly high risk of declining back into technical recession. One has to wonder at what point does the mainstream media start calling all of this mess a Depression? Certainly ( Read more... )

"The Hamlet chicken processing plant fire was an industrial fire in Hamlet, North Carolina, at the Imperial Foods chicken processing plant on September 3, 1991, due to a failure in a hydraulic line. Twenty-five were killed and 54 injured in the fire, trapped behind locked fire doors. In 11 years of operation, the plant had never received a safety ( Read more... )

Yes, Taxes Really Do Kill Job Creation:

Joe and Molly really have it made. They started their small business and built it up to a real excellent small business. It was a big risk at the beginning. They had to work long hours and make do with small returns for quite a few years. But they’ve finally established themselves in a way that not that many ( Read more... )

With now July data continuing a hideous trend of weakening we have seen, weakening really since last fall, and so with the economy now in an all-out technical "Growth Recession," what do you think its prospects are for the rest of the year?

This Week's Data Lowlights:

Calculated Risk
Consumer Sentiment declines sharply in July

The preliminary July ( Read more... )

by Gaius Publius on 9/28/2010 10:35:00 PM



While I've been traveling, much has happened; and much of it connects. So let's start here, with the concept of "small business" beautifully explored by Keith Olbermann in a brilliant Countdown segment late last week.

This looks like original reporting, or at least original research. ( Read more... )

by Gaius Publius on 7/20/2010 07:51:00 PM


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Bloomberg:
Advanta’s Card Shutdown May Imperil Customers, Debt Holders Advanta Corp., the credit-card issuer for small businesses, may leave 1 million customers scrounging to find new lenders and debt holders facing losses of 35 percent after the company shut down accounts to preserve capital ( Read more... )