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06/23/2026
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Looking back: An assessment of the management of the U.S. economy in Obama's first term 2008-2012
03/11/2009
Why were significant resources not invested to aid homeowners under water just as resources were provided to the auto industry? And why was there a lack of focus on unemployment in this period? The challenges were difficult but did the Obama administration do what could have been done. The auto industry bailout was an easy call considering Obama's commitment to increasing fuel efficiency during his days in Congress. Housing was a tougher call with bankers cautious and influencing policy, yet even Republicans Martin Feldstein and Sheila Bair were calling repeatedly for strong action. Tackling housing first and healthcare later after economic recovery, is likely to have produced better results, credibility for the administration, and a broad consensus in the U.S.
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 09/06/2011
Stimulus and the Depression: The Untold Story
Wall Street Journal 09/26/2011
U.S. Remaining Stake in General Motors
Wall Street Journal 12/10/2013
Auto Makers Rebound as Buyers Go Big
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2014
Charlie Rose Talks to Robert Reich
BusinessWeek 10/21/2010
Obama, Geithner Get Low Grades From Economists
Wall Street Journal 03/11/2009
U.S. housing agencies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, in the 2008 financial crisis
03/11/2009
Grouped Articles
Freddie Reports $23.9 Billion Loss
Wall Street Journal 03/11/2009
Dream Mortgage Bailout Has a Darker Side
Wall Street Journal 04/03/2009
Rohm and Haas
03/11/2009
Grouped Articles
Rohm's Conquest of Dow Chemical
Wall Street Journal 03/11/2009
The nature of unemployment in this U.S. downturn as men, young people and the less educated are the worst hit groups.
03/11/2009
In this US downturn men are hit harder than women with job losses in manufacturing and construction, the less educated hit hardest, and young people also hit hard.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 06/22/2013
Wanted: Jobs for the New 'Lost' Generation
Wall Street Journal 09/14/2013
Women Reach a Milestone in Job Market
Wall Street Journal 11/18/2013
Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs
BusinessWeek 07/01/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
More Men in Prime Working Ages Don't Have Jobs
Wall Street Journal 02/06/2014
After the first 100 days of the Obama administration, needed is an action plan for bank rescue.
03/11/2009
Leonhardt, Raghuram Rajan, the Economist and others offer their ideas on the bank rescue action plan. The first 100 days of the Obama adminsitration leave the difficult issues of bank rescue, and the related problem of foreclosures in housing unresolved. A new action plan is needed, and the government appears only to be recycling new versions of the Paulson plan.
Grouped Articles
Charlie Rose Talks to Robert Reich
BusinessWeek 10/21/2010
This Is Not a Test. This Is Not a Test.
New York Times 03/11/2009
Economists Seek Breakup of Big Banks
Wall Street Journal 04/21/2009
Big Regional Banks Report Losses Tied to Bad Loans
Wall Street Journal 04/22/2009
Long Odds? Three Scenarios for the Economy's Path
Wall Street Journal 04/23/2009
Rep. Frank Slows Market Regulation Bill
Wall Street Journal 04/23/2009
Bill Keller on education K-12 in the U.S. and the quality of teachers
03/11/2009
Only about 23% of teachers come from the top third of college graduates and the figure is around 14% for inner city schools. In Finland only the best ranked college graduates can get into teaching colleges.
Grouped Articles
âAn Industry of Mediocrityâ
New York Times 10/20/2013
New York Times 01/18/2014
Arne Duncan: Better education starts with honesty about achievement gaps - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/24/2014
Obama Outlines Plan for Education Overhaul
New York Times 03/11/2009
High-School English Without the Politics
Wall Street Journal 10/22/2015
U.S. student performance slips on national test - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/28/2015
Common Core education program in the U.S.- Linking teacher reviews to student test results under new standards
03/11/2009
Education Secretary Arne Duncan's efforts to implement Common Core in states and districts in the U.S. using $100 billion in Stimulus funds from the 2009 Recovery Act.
Grouped Articles
U.S. Schools Chief Arne Duncan Labors to Straddle Political Divide
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2013
New York Times 08/18/2013
The Great Stagnation in American Education
New York Times 09/07/2013
Peterson and Hanushek: The Vital Link of Education and Prosperity
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2013
âAn Industry of Mediocrityâ
New York Times 10/20/2013
New York Times 01/18/2014
The second generation in American Hispanic families- higher educational levels and English skills
03/11/2009
Successful assimilation for the second generation in Hispanic families, similar to the levels achieved by earlier waves of immigrants to the U.S. from Italy. Only about a third of Italian children 14-18 were in school in 1910- yet over two generations Italian immigrants improved dramatically in education and English skills.
Grouped Articles
America's Assimilating Hispanics
Wall Street Journal 06/17/2013
U.S. Schools Chief Arne Duncan Labors to Straddle Political Divide
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2013
The Great Stagnation in American Education
New York Times 09/07/2013
Peterson and Hanushek: The Vital Link of Education and Prosperity
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2013
New York Times 01/18/2014
States Take Lead in Boosting Immigrants
Wall Street Journal 01/22/2014
Preserving jobs at the local level in America.
03/11/2009
Actions taken at the local level in cities and towns across America to keep jobs and people employed through the crisis.
Grouped Articles
City Tries to Protect Jobs of Preschool Bus Drivers
New York Times 03/11/2009
It Will Be Years Before Lost Jobs Return -- and Many Never Will
Wall Street Journal 10/05/2009
State, Local Tax Revenues Decline 7%
Wall Street Journal 12/30/2009
Poll of Detroit residents finds grim conditions but optimistic outlooks
Washington Post 01/03/2010
Recession-bruised states' revenue sank 30 percent in 2009, Census Bureau reports
Washington Post 01/05/2011
New York Times 02/11/2011
The University of Wisconsin 2013 study showing declining life spans for women in some parts of the U.S. associated with income, graduation rates and smoking
03/11/2009
A study from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute by health sciences professor, David Kindig, and a PhD. candidate Erika Cheng, shows declining life spans for women in some parts of the U.S. in 2013. The study reveals the impact of smoking, education levels to understand good food choices, the income levels and availability of food choices in neighborhoods, graduation rates, as critical factors. Other factors cited in reader comments are increasing stress as women joined the workforce in larger numbers, obesity and poor eating habits.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 09/14/2011
Health Battle Over Soda Flares in Mexico
Wall Street Journal 08/28/2013
The Great Stagnation in American Education
New York Times 09/07/2013
Peterson and Hanushek: The Vital Link of Education and Prosperity
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2013
Retailers Revive the Market in Womenâs Plus Sizes
New York Times 06/18/2010
Told to Eat Its Vegetables, America Orders Fries
New York Times 09/24/2010
Student debt at $1 trillion in 2011 - a macroeconomic factor which determines consumer spending and buying of new homes
03/11/2009
Student debt in 2011 was 5 times the level in 2000. This happens as education and technical skills are increasing in importance in determining wages and benefits, higher education in increasingly becoming unaffordable, and government help is declining because of budget cutbacks. This is affecting the image of the U.S. as a nation of opportunity.
Grouped Articles
High student debt is dragging down the U.S. economy | Wonkblog
Washington Post 04/18/2013
Student Loan Debt Is a Drag on the Economy, Too
New York Times 05/10/2013
U.S. Schools Chief Arne Duncan Labors to Straddle Political Divide
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2013
The Great Stagnation in American Education
New York Times 09/07/2013
College Tuition Increases Slow, but Government Aid Falls
Wall Street Journal 10/23/2013
Upward Mobility Has Not Declined, Study Says
New York Times 01/23/2014
Merck acquisition of Schering-Plough.
03/10/2009
Grouped Articles
Merck Plans to Lay Off 15% of Its Work Force
New York Times 07/08/2010
Merck to Buy Schering-Plough for $41.1 Billion
New York Times 03/10/2009
Merck to Buy Rival for $41 Billion
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2009
HSBC in the global financial crisis of 2008-2009- the need to raise capital in March 2009
03/09/2009
Grouped Articles
Hong Kong's $17.7 Billion Question: Help HSBC?
Wall Street Journal 03/09/2009
U.S. Regulators Fault 3 Foreign Banks Over ‘Living Wills’
Wall Street Journal 03/25/2015
Realistic perspectives on the U.S. economy with the consumer and bank bad debt overhang.
03/11/2009
High Frequency Economics's Ian Shepherdson and other experts look at the effect of debt in estimating growth.
Grouped Articles
Deleveraging: It's Not Over Till It's Over
Wall Street Journal 03/11/09
How Righteousness Killed the World Economy
New York Times 10/12/14
New York Times 11/29/09
Tom Keene Talks with David Stockman
BusinessWeek 08/12/10
Economist Shiller Sees Potential for 'Double Dip' Recession
Wall Street Journal 08/27/10
How to Fix the Economy: An Expert Panel
BusinessWeek 09/16/10
The impact of the 2008 financial crisis on different industries- from airlines to autos and banking
03/11/2009
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 03/11/09
Freddie Reports $23.9 Billion Loss
Wall Street Journal 03/11/09
Miami Condo Colossus Is Monument to Excess
New York Times 03/11/09
Tax Cut Spurs 25% Rise in Chinese Auto Sales
Wall Street Journal 03/11/09
Foreclosed Houses Haunt Home Builders
Wall Street Journal 03/11/09
UTC Cuts 11,600 Jobs, No Longer Sees Recovery in 2009
Wall Street Journal 03/11/09
The advent of the touch screen computer with Windows 7 and Apple touch screen PC's
03/11/2009
Technology called capacitative touch replaces need for a stylus and pen by detecting the motion or tap of a finger on the screen. The finger acts as a mouse. Steve Jobs is known for his knack for sensing which technology would be revolutionary in the computer field. He sensed the value of the mouse early on, and sensed the value of touch screen in the iPhone early on years later in his second term at Apple Computer. Each innovation brought the computer into everyday lives of millions of people.
Grouped Articles
Touchscreen Desktop Computers Are Coming
BusinessWeek 03/11/09
Apple’s iPhone Keeps Going Its Own Way
New York Times 09/09/15
Overheard: Clouding Microsoft’s Windows Profit Machine
Wall Street Journal 09/30/15
iPhone Review Redux: 10 Years Later, So Slow, So Small
WSJ 06/29/17
Bill Gates and Renewal in American Schools
03/11/2009
Efforts to improve education in U.S. schools by Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation.
Grouped Articles
U.S. Schools Chief Arne Duncan Labors to Straddle Political Divide
Wall Street Journal 07/22/13
Peterson and Hanushek: The Vital Link of Education and Prosperity
Wall Street Journal 09/11/13
New York Times 01/18/14
Dabbling in Microsoft Is Enough for Gates
New York Times 01/22/14
Arne Duncan: Better education starts with honesty about achievement gaps - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/24/14
Obama Outlines Plan for Education Overhaul
New York Times 03/11/09
The coming Culture War in America
03/11/2009
Brooks, Friedman and others on the need for a fresh approach to economic and self-renewal in America.
Grouped Articles
This Is Not a Test. This Is Not a Test.
New York Times 03/11/09
New York Times 09/16/09
New York Times 09/20/09
New York Times 09/27/09
New York Times 09/29/09
New York Times 09/30/09
Teacher preparation and teacher education in the U.S.
03/11/2009
Grouped Articles
âAn Industry of Mediocrityâ
New York Times 10/20/13
New York Times 01/18/14
Obama Outlines Plan for Education Overhaul
New York Times 03/11/09
Trump’s Education Pick: A Win for Public-School Parents
WSJ 12/13/16
Opinion | De Blasio Sees Too Many Asians
WSJ 12/17/18
Parents Sue New York City Over Mayor’s Plan to Diversify Elite High Schools
WSJ 12/13/18
Fragility of social cohesion in the U.S. with unemployment concentrated in the lower middle and working classes.
03/11/2009
Figures from the Center of Labor Market Studies of Northeastern University in Boston showing unemployment of 9% in the $40,000 to $50,000 annual household income group and going up to 31% at the lowest income group. Higher inequality as differences in education between lower income and higher income Americans grows. The problem of the long term unemployed is a serious one.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 09/14/11
Japan Is a Model Not a Cautionary Tale
New York Times 06/09/13
New York Times 06/22/13
OECD report cites rising income inequality - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/06/11
U.S. Schools Chief Arne Duncan Labors to Straddle Political Divide
Wall Street Journal 07/22/13
The Great Stagnation in American Education
New York Times 09/07/13
Healthcare and education as big U.S. job sources in the 2008 global financial crisis as construction spending is hit hard, which continues to be the case in 2014
03/11/2009
An exceptional piece by Michael Mandel of Business Week highlighting the importance of education and healthcare sectors for development. In Michigan, one of the hardest hit states in the U.S., education and healthcare provides about 23% of jobs, compared to manufacturing with about 12% in 2009. Six years later in 2014 healthcare is an even bigger source of future jobs as shown in U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics information. Competition in the global economy makes investments in education critical for future competitiveness. As manufacturing gets automated it provides fewer jobs per million dollars invested, and with lower manufacturing wages in developed countries to improve competitiveness. Investments in education, especially science and technology for new generations of products and demands, better preschool and better classrooms,and in community colleges with broader access to the public at lower cost, helps bring more of the population into better jobs. This is generally true for all developed economies and interestingly applies to China also with its aging population and shift to higher technologies for its products. In countries like India poor resource allocation to healthcare and education means immediate and high dividends from such investments.
Grouped Articles
The Big Job Engines: Education and Health
BusinessWeek 03/11/09
Obama Outlines Plan for Education Overhaul
New York Times 03/11/09
Ending the ‘Race to the Bottom’
New York Times 03/12/09
Recovery Has Created Far More Low-Wage Jobs Than Better-Paid Ones
New York Times 04/27/14
A part-timer boom, or blip? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/16/14
Jeb Bush's focus on declining social and education mobility in the the U.S. in his address to the 2013 CPAC conference
03/11/2009
Jeb Bush talks about the lower social and education mobility in the U.S. in 2013 compared to any time since the end of World War II.
Grouped Articles
U.S. Schools Chief Arne Duncan Labors to Straddle Political Divide
Wall Street Journal 07/22/13
The Great Stagnation in American Education
New York Times 09/07/13
Peterson and Hanushek: The Vital Link of Education and Prosperity
Wall Street Journal 09/11/13
As Bush Settles Into Dallas, Golf Tees and Family Time Now Trump Politics
New York Times 11/02/13
New York Times 01/18/14
Upward Mobility Has Not Declined, Study Says
New York Times 01/23/14
U.S. household wealth, consumer spending and the economy- 2013-2015
03/11/2009
The uneven distribution of household wealth gains after the stock market recovery of 2010-2013 and consumer spending more dependent on income gains.
Grouped Articles
Wealth Tide Doesn't Lift All Boats
Wall Street Journal 12/10/13
That 2014 Growth Breakout? Not Looking Likely
Wall Street Journal 03/02/14
Deleveraging: It's Not Over Till It's Over
Wall Street Journal 03/11/09
'Secular Stagnation' May Be for Real
Wall Street Journal 08/27/14
How Righteousness Killed the World Economy
New York Times 10/12/14
An Ambiguous Omen, U.S. Household Debt Begins to Rise Again
New York Times 02/18/14
Tackling middle class poverty in the U.S.- causes and strategies
03/11/2009
Shrinking incomes, low job growth, growth in temporary jobs, offshoring of jobs, are part of a trend since 1989. This is compounded by acceleration of developments during the last decade of low savings and paltry return on savings, effects on net worth of the financial crisis of 2008 through job losses, lost income, foreclosures, high cost of health care and college tution for children. The combination is creating a new kind of middle class poverty in the U.S. The Obama administration has pushed for college education even as it is becoming less affordable and neglected jobs training. The push to raise the minimum wage helps the poor but does not do as much for the middle class.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 09/14/11
Japan Is a Model Not a Cautionary Tale
New York Times 06/09/13
OECD report cites rising income inequality - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/06/11
8 States to Raise Minimum Wage
New York Times 12/23/11
U.S. Schools Chief Arne Duncan Labors to Straddle Political Divide
Wall Street Journal 07/22/13
New York Times 02/10/10
The impact of the 2008 global financial crisis on emerging market countries and poor countries
03/09/2009
Grouped Articles
World Bank Says Global Economy Will Shrink in ’09
New York Times 03/09/09
The Socialist Solution to the Crisis
Wall Street Journal 04/01/09
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