Bob Collins
Is the American Dream dead? Forgetting how to fly. The creeping corruption. Before I did. The urinal sink. Read more →
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Tag: Economy
The U.S. economy added 195,000 new jobs in June, the government reported today. The economy is adding an average of 200,000 jobs a month over recent months. It’s going to take more than that, judging by a check of job fairs around the country in the last couple of weeks. In Clay County, Florida, a Read more →
My colleague, Paul Tosto, has a loving passion in pointing out Minnesota’s dominance over the state to our east when it comes to the economy. Today, he’s got a little more ammunition from the Minneapolis Federal Reserve. In a report today, the Fed says Minnesota is rapidly catching up to Wisconsin in the total number Read more →
Clearing off the desk of items that’ve been sitting here a week or so. There goes the Federal Reserve again, destroying perceptions. In its assessment of state economies released a couple of weeks ago for April 2013, only five states have contracting economies under a survey’s method. And two of them border the fair state Read more →
The inability to plan a future, time is up for old white people, want to buy a hot coleus, the angry Lego, andthe boys of Wasioja. Read more →
Nate Minor
Payday Loans by Steve Rhodes, on Flickr They go by a variety of names, but payday loan shops usually have a common theme: Money is available for you, and it’s available now. Of course, it’s not as simple as that. Sure, you get your $500 or $1,000 to make that rent payment or emergency medical Read more →
Paul Tosto
June marks four years since the Great Recession ended and the economic recovery technically began. Most Americans households are still trying to recover.
Time for farmers to get the message
New research suggests that segregation — by both race and skill set — drags down economic growth of whole metropolitan areas.
The selling of ‘Boston Strong’