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The Real Unemployment Rate Hits a 68-Year High

Comparing the Bureau of Labor Statistics' "U-3" and "U-6" rates.

How the Green Economy Can Promote Equal Opportunities for Women

Create jobs. End the recession. Save the environment. What else can transforming our fossil fuel economy to a clean energy

Youth of Color Resist Military Recruiting

BAY-Peace youth interns at a community event in Oakland, Calif. (Credit: WCRC/Laura Flynn.) In 2006, high school senior

Bernanke's Bad Teachers

Addressing a conference honoring Milton Friedman on his 90th birthday in 2002, the future chairman of the Federal Reserve Board,

More Speculation on Demise of the PPIP

From Wall Street Pit: Financial Crisis: The Two Sides of the Balance Sheet Wall Street Pit By James Kwak|Jun

Eurozone Moves into Deflation for First Time

From The Financial Times: Eurozone inflation turns negative By Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt Financial Times Published: June 30 2009 11:

WSJ: Why Cleaning Banks' Books Is So Hard

It was almost impossible to get this without being a subscriber, so I'm reproducing it in full (here&

Steep Increase In Fannie/Freddie Delinquencies

This is bad news: Fannie and Freddie mainly deal in prime, not subprime, mortgages. Job losses are the culprit. From

More Background on Coup in Honduras

As the situation in Honduras continues to unfold in unexpected ways, we recommend reading the posts from the America'

Another chance to see Steve Early

If you can't make it to Cambridge tonight to see Steve Early talk about his new book, Embedded

Economists on Iran

The Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE) has recently updated its Web page on Iran. The site features URPE members