Obama’s Coalition May Only Grow Stronger

http://economicrisis.com/obamas-coalition-may-only-grow-stronger/7442 Obama’s Coalition May Only Grow Stronger After President Obama’s relatively easy reelection, analysts and commentators wondered whether his young and diverse coalition would outlive his...

If Bonds Overpriced So Are Stocks

http://economicrisis.com/if-bonds-overpriced-so-are-stocks/7245 If Bonds Overpriced So Are Stocks Warren Buffet says bonds are a horrible investment because prices are artificially high due to the Fed creating phony money. And at some point, says Buffet the Fed will...

Stop Calling Obama a Murderer

http://economicrisis.com/stop-calling-obama-a-murderer/7049 Stop Calling Obama a Murderer The problem with extremist rhetoric is that it distracts from substantive issues the public should be debating. When folks on the left or the right make outrageous, offensive...

Most Americans do not want U.S. involved in Syria

http://economicrisis.com/most-americans-do-not-want-u-s-involved-in-syria/6761 Most Americans do not want U.S. involved in Syria Most Americans do not want to intervene in Syria‘s civil war, although the percentage in favor more than doubles if President Bashar...

Doctors walk out of national Obamacare implementation meeting

http://economicrisis.com/doctors-walk-out-of-national-obamacare-implementation-meeting/6637 Doctors walk out of national Obamacare implementation meeting According to live tweets and images sent from ophthalmologist Dr. Kris Held, nearly all doctors had walked out in...

Support for Online Free Speech Widespread in the Arab World

http://economicrisis.com/support-for-online-free-speech-widespread-in-the-arab-world/6484 Support for Online Free Speech Widespread in the Arab World Just a little more than two years ago, the world witnessed the overthrow of three North African dictators and ensuing...

Unemployment Claims Increase Slightly

http://economicrisis.com/unemployment-claims-increase-slightly/5152 Unemployment Claims Increase Slightly The Department of Labor reported that initial unemployment claims for the week ending April 13 increased by 4,000 from the prior week’s upwardly-revised total of...

The Lies of ObamaCare

http://economicrisis.com/the-lies-of-obamacare/4653 The Lies of ObamaCare This was hardly the first ObamaCare promise to fall by the wayside. Indeed, the entire first three years of the new health-care law have been one long story of unfulfilled expectations. Take,...

Gold In Asian Liquidation Mode

http://economicrisis.com/gold-in-asian-liquidation-mode/4569 Gold In Asian Liquidation Mode As Asia opens to the bloodbath that occurred in precious metals on Friday in the US, it would appear that more than a few traders got the tap on the shoulder. Shanghai futures...

Why US Jobs Market Is Going to Get a Lot Worse

http://economicrisis.com/why-us-jobs-market-is-going-to-get-a-lot-worse/4321 Why US Jobs Market Is Going to Get a Lot Worse Weak U.S. jobs data on Friday confirmed the worst trading week this year for European and U.S. stocks, and now analysts are warning that investors...

Survey: Recession changed Americans’ money habits

http://economicrisis.com/survey-recession-changed-americans-money-habits/4225 Survey: Recession changed Americans’ money habits BOSTON The frugality and investing discipline that the 2008 financial crisis imposed on Americans appear to have led to permanent changes in...

Current Population Survey Employment Report in Graphs, Unemployme

Read More http://newswalls.blogspot.com/2012/11/current-population-survey-employment.html The BLS employment report shows the unemployment rate ticked up by 0.1 percentage points to 7.9%. The reason for this up-tick is more people participated in the labor force in...

Raw data from Washington Post survey

Survey Sometimes it is useful to examine the actual data behind surveys. The “Post” shared theirs and that is helpful. See it here....

Surprise: In the Age of Sexting, Teen Virginity on the Rise

"More sex seems to be happening on television than in teenage bedrooms. Or at least that's what a federal government survey found of American sexual behavior. Strangely, in a generation inundated with illicit texts, provocative Facebook photos and celebrity sex tapes,...

WP Poll: Are furloughs a good idea?

Is this a stupid question? Since most of the people reading the Washington Post are Federal Workers, I am sure about their answer – no not us. Look, the question is bordering on silliness. The issue is what are...
 

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