Updated on 03/08/09 by Chris

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www.globalaging.org By: Cathlin Baker and Paul Chapman, The Employment Project, April, 2002. Quote: It was a triumph of marketing. Wall Street worked hard, and for a long time successfully, to convince the American family that stock certificates, a currency they never really saw, were the only assurance of long-term financial and therefore family stability. It was, as we have seen, a deeply flawed message. End Quote.  

Updated on 03/21/09 by Chris

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money.cnn.com Job search success story, and the keyword is networking  

Updated on 04/01/09 by Chris

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nymag.com Turns out to be an April Fool's day joke.  

Updated on 03/03/09 by Chris

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www.latimes.com He was the poster boy when this recession started. Remember him? Wearing "EXPERIENCED MIT GRAD FOR HIRE" sandwich boards from a New York sidewalk. He has landed a job, and this is his advice: YOU CAN'T GIVE UP.  

Updated on 03/08/09 by PeterParker

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www.nbc.com SNL spoof  

Updated on 04/17/09 by PeterParker

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www.nytimes.com Is the recovery real? Nobel laureate Paul Krugman is cautious.  

Updated on 03/08/09 by Chris

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latimesblogs.latimes.com Still wondering why we are in this deep recession in the first place? Here is a vivid example. How do you lose a house that someone gave you as a gift on national television? You took out a home equity loan and wasted it!  

Updated on 03/14/09 by Chris

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www.dailygazette.com These are who I call heroes.  

Updated on 11/28/09 by PeterParker

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reason.org I can't agree more with this analysis: US government is repeating many of the same mistakes that created Japan's Lost Decade.  

Updated on 03/08/09 by ObamaGirl

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www.businessweek.com Who is to blame for the mess we are in? A lot of people blame Wall Street fat cats. Guilty as charged. Anybody else to blame? This insightful article provides more details about the dirty process.