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March 23, 2012
Stay Away From Bad Luck Musto
I am the perfect talisman to ward off the end of the recession. Every financial decision I make is a dumb, self defeating one that contributes to homelessness and poverty--for myself.
Columns
March 21, 2012
Drinking With Rich People As The Recession Lifts
Hanging with the upper crust as the recession finally lifts
Blogs
March 21, 2012
Drinking With Rich People As The Recession Lifts
Check out my hilarious new column about my week spent toasting wealthy folk who never even knew the recession hit, and who've been carrying on in a madcap manner like there's no yesterday. From a "Le Cercle Rive Droite de Grands Vins de Bordeaux" tasting with Countess LuAnn de Lesseps, Bonnie Fulle ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2012
Putting A Face On Americans One Step Away From Foreclosures
Foreclosures rates are rising--and will continue to rise--across the US, and for the past few weeks, The Voice has been visiting homes that are about to, or have been, sold at foreclosure auctions, in an effort to put a face on the crisis and allow them to tell their story. A recent project by New ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2012
More Broke People, More Cheap Eats: Report
Sure, it's the new year, but being broke is nothing new for many Americans, who will continue to seek cheap food as they expect to grow poorer and poorer according to a new, depressing report.
Voice Choices
December 7, 2011
Little Lord's Babes in Toyland
Sure, it's the new year, but being broke is nothing new for many Americans, who will continue to seek cheap food as they expect to grow poorer and poorer according to a new, depressing report.
Blogs
November 2, 2011
The East Village Comes in Third for the Most Chain Stores in New York City
Not a chain.New Yorkers (most of them, it seems) profess a grand dislike of chain stores, especially when they have to wait in line to get their overpriced lattes from Starbucks! The good news for such people is this: According to the Center for an Urban Future's annual survey on chain stores ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2011
Today in El Diario: Suicides Up When the Economy Tanks
Broke people tend to kill themselves Suicides go up considerably during recessions, according to El Diario, the Spanish-language daily. The data, from a report published Thursday, also notes that fewer people kill themselves during economic booms. A Centers for Disease control report indic ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2010
Half of Americans Claim They Would Live With a Ghost for Free Rent
Today in statistics that have no bearing on your actual life but that are gratuitously pegged to an upcoming holiday, USA Today reports that 51% of discriminating residents would share their home with a ghost for free rent and 49% of people would decline to do so. Only 27% of people were will ... More >>
Blogs
September 20, 2010
Economists Pronounce the Great Recession Over; Everyone Too Poor to Celebrate
You may not have heard (maybe you've been too busy holed up counting all of your money...or, maybe, looking for a job?) but: The Recession Is Over. Like, more than a year ago over! According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, a group which has the dubious honor of pronouncing the st ... More >>
Blogs
September 13, 2010
Barack Obama, Arms Dealer? U.S. Close to $60 Billion Deal with Saudi Arabia
Just as we mention that 2009 was a very bad year for weapons sales, which hit a low since 2005 due to the global recession, well, about that...the White House may be poised to change their tune according to the Wall Street Journal, with "plans to offer advanced aircraft to Saudi Arabia worth ... More >>
Blogs
August 27, 2010
At Least the Recession Has Made People Think Twice About Reproducing All Willy-Nilly
Hey, a benefit (we think) to this whole crappy mess of a Great Recession and jobless recovery: Maybe people are being convinced to let up on the kid-having, a little. Not that we mind the stroller set; we simply mind being surrounded and held captive and questioned by the stroller set about o ... More >>
Blogs
June 30, 2010
It's Not You, It's the Recession
New numbers out from Pew Research give us a handy excuse for whatever ills have befallen us over the past 30 months since the "Great Recession" began. If you were unemployed, took a pay cut, had your hours reduced, or involuntarily took to working part-time, you're in good -- or, at least, a ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2010
Going On about Money Now Acceptable in Mixed Company
Remember the old days, like before the recession, when talking about money was considered "gauche" and frowned upon at cocktail parties and sophisticated events? Well, now, thanks to so many people losing their jobs and the Real Housewives franchise being such a hit -- not to mention Goldman ... More >>
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April 2, 2010
Soon We May All Be Gainfully Employed
The largest number of jobs were created in March since this whole drag of a recession began: 162,000 to be exact, the most in three years. Granted, that includes nearly 50,000 temporary census-pusher gigs--folks who, now that I've mailed in my envelope, will soon be relieved of duty. But it's ... More >>
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January 4, 2010
In Dark Economic Times, Spam Flourishes
arndog/flickrForget pork belly... Crack open a can of Spam.One man's recession is another man's golden age. Or, in this case, another company's. Forbes names five corporate entities that are thriving despite last year's economic downturn, one of which is Hormel Foods, maker of Spam.
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December 23, 2009
On the Jobless Front in NYC: Now You Can See How Poorly Your Own Neighborhood is Doing
One Depression-era approach to dealing with the unemployed.Those of you who insist on leavening your holiday happiness with doses of grim reality can now check out a new neighborhood-by-neighborhood breakdown of unemployment in New York City, courtesy of the Fiscal Policy Institute. The FPI clai ... More >>
Theater
December 15, 2009
The Great Recession in Need of a Bailout
One Depression-era approach to dealing with the unemployed.Those of you who insist on leavening your holiday happiness with doses of grim reality can now check out a new neighborhood-by-neighborhood breakdown of unemployment in New York City, courtesy of the Fiscal Policy Institute. The FPI clai ... More >>
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November 25, 2009
Survey: In Recession, Artists Suffer from Reduced Morale, Grants
Well, whattaya know: A group called Leveraging Investments in Creativity has a survey that finds artists are suffering in the recession. Their findings are considerably more grim than those of the Times' anecdotal consideration in May: Though 69 percent of respondents have been following thei ... More >>
Voice Choices
November 10, 2009
HOWLING AT THE MOON
Arcola Theatre's Wolves at the Window
Theater
November 10, 2009
Holy Days’ Bitter Harvest
Arcola Theatre's Wolves at the Window
Blogs
August 21, 2009
Recession Sufferings of the Rich Somehow Fail to Win Sympathy
The rich suffer, too, in our economic downturn. An expert tells the Times that while in their recent glory days the "top one ten-thousandth of households" were each worth about $11 million, they now make do with $6 million and $8 million. The paper does admit that things were worse for the ... More >>
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August 17, 2009
All You Wanted to Know About Restaurants and the Recession
Less than two hours from now, WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show will be doing a segment about how New York restaurants are coping with the recession. According to WNYC, 430 of the city's restaurants closed last year; Daniel Boulud, Sosie Hublitz, and an editor from Nation's Restaurant News will discuss the ... More >>
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June 29, 2009
Tips From the Pros--Red Hook Lobster Pound Says: Lobster's Cheap... So Grill It, Baby!
Photo by foodistablog @ FlickrLobster prices have, er, tanked along with the economy, which just might be the silver lining we've all been waiting for. The Red Hook Lobster Pound is selling its fresh Maine lobster for a bargain $10.25 per pound. So, while everyone else is sucking down dogs this wee ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 24, 2009
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Photo by foodistablog @ FlickrLobster prices have, er, tanked along with the economy, which just might be the silver lining we've all been waiting for. The Red Hook Lobster Pound is selling its fresh Maine lobster for a bargain $10.25 per pound. So, while everyone else is sucking down dogs this wee ... More >>
Voice Choices
March 11, 2009
MOOD SWINGS
Next to Normal now on Broadway
Voice Choices
February 11, 2009
Three Doors Down+Hoobastank
Next to Normal now on Broadway
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February 9, 2009
As Economy Tanks, Rightbloggers Say Obama is Just Trying to Scare Us
Job losses are accelerating. Big companies on both sides of the Atlantic -- including carmakers who are not part of the Big Three, and insurers -- are posting big losses. Banks are closing. Etc. All this you know. To stop the bleeding, President Obama last week pushed hard for a giant stimulus p ... More >>
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February 6, 2009
Unemployment Up to 7.6 Percent, 598K Jobs Lost
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released released job numbers for January, and the new is not good. Non-farm employment by 598,000 jobs last month, the biggest one-month drop since 1974, increasing the official unemployment rate from 7.2 to 7.6 percent. (That rate excludes longtime discouraged w ... More >>
Blogs
February 6, 2009
Press Beats Up Mayor's Big Campaign $, "Wine and Sushi" Aides
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released released job numbers for January, and the new is not good. Non-farm employment by 598,000 jobs last month, the biggest one-month drop since 1974, increasing the official unemployment rate from 7.2 to 7.6 percent. (That rate excludes longtime discouraged w ... More >>
Voice Choices
January 7, 2009
Josh Roseman's Extended Constellations
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released released job numbers for January, and the new is not good. Non-farm employment by 598,000 jobs last month, the biggest one-month drop since 1974, increasing the official unemployment rate from 7.2 to 7.6 percent. (That rate excludes longtime discouraged w ... More >>
Blogs
December 3, 2008
Recession's Mostly In Your Head, Says Columnist
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released released job numbers for January, and the new is not good. Non-farm employment by 598,000 jobs last month, the biggest one-month drop since 1974, increasing the official unemployment rate from 7.2 to 7.6 percent. (That rate excludes longtime discouraged w ... More >>
Blogs
December 2, 2008
The Daily Flog: Hell freezes over; we're officially in a recession
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released released job numbers for January, and the new is not good. Non-farm employment by 598,000 jobs last month, the biggest one-month drop since 1974, increasing the official unemployment rate from 7.2 to 7.6 percent. (That rate excludes longtime discouraged w ... More >>
Blogs
December 1, 2008
Lousy Economy Good News for Economics Teachers
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released released job numbers for January, and the new is not good. Non-farm employment by 598,000 jobs last month, the biggest one-month drop since 1974, increasing the official unemployment rate from 7.2 to 7.6 percent. (That rate excludes longtime discouraged w ... More >>
Blogs
December 1, 2008
Happy Days are Here Again!
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released released job numbers for January, and the new is not good. Non-farm employment by 598,000 jobs last month, the biggest one-month drop since 1974, increasing the official unemployment rate from 7.2 to 7.6 percent. (That rate excludes longtime discouraged w ... More >>
Blogs
November 13, 2008
Shelved in fiction: 'Henry Paulson and the Toxic Assets'
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released released job numbers for January, and the new is not good. Non-farm employment by 598,000 jobs last month, the biggest one-month drop since 1974, increasing the official unemployment rate from 7.2 to 7.6 percent. (That rate excludes longtime discouraged w ... More >>
Blogs
November 6, 2008
Most Extreme Recession Special Ever
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released released job numbers for January, and the new is not good. Non-farm employment by 598,000 jobs last month, the biggest one-month drop since 1974, increasing the official unemployment rate from 7.2 to 7.6 percent. (That rate excludes longtime discouraged w ... More >>
Blogs
October 29, 2008
Happy Anniversary, Black Tuesday! You're 79 and still kicking!
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released released job numbers for January, and the new is not good. Non-farm employment by 598,000 jobs last month, the biggest one-month drop since 1974, increasing the official unemployment rate from 7.2 to 7.6 percent. (That rate excludes longtime discouraged w ... More >>
Blogs
October 27, 2008
Daily Flog: Saudia Arabia bails out homeowners while we still haven't
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released released job numbers for January, and the new is not good. Non-farm employment by 598,000 jobs last month, the biggest one-month drop since 1974, increasing the official unemployment rate from 7.2 to 7.6 percent. (That rate excludes longtime discouraged w ... More >>
Blogs
October 22, 2008
Daily Flog: Tally woe! Fears on voting machinery, machinations
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released released job numbers for January, and the new is not good. Non-farm employment by 598,000 jobs last month, the biggest one-month drop since 1974, increasing the official unemployment rate from 7.2 to 7.6 percent. (That rate excludes longtime discouraged w ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2008
Stock tips: Buy Obama, sell the economy
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released released job numbers for January, and the new is not good. Non-farm employment by 598,000 jobs last month, the biggest one-month drop since 1974, increasing the official unemployment rate from 7.2 to 7.6 percent. (That rate excludes longtime discouraged w ... More >>
Blogs
October 10, 2008
Daily Flog: Future heads toward a sharp loss; robot monkeys mesmerized by TV
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released released job numbers for January, and the new is not good. Non-farm employment by 598,000 jobs last month, the biggest one-month drop since 1974, increasing the official unemployment rate from 7.2 to 7.6 percent. (That rate excludes longtime discouraged w ... More >>
Blogs
October 7, 2008
Daily Flog: Fuld shares his unbelievable pain with Congress
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released released job numbers for January, and the new is not good. Non-farm employment by 598,000 jobs last month, the biggest one-month drop since 1974, increasing the official unemployment rate from 7.2 to 7.6 percent. (That rate excludes longtime discouraged w ... More >>
Blogs
October 3, 2008
We Save Wall Street!
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released released job numbers for January, and the new is not good. Non-farm employment by 598,000 jobs last month, the biggest one-month drop since 1974, increasing the official unemployment rate from 7.2 to 7.6 percent. (That rate excludes longtime discouraged w ... More >>
Blogs
August 26, 2008
Whitewashing the bad econ news
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released released job numbers for January, and the new is not good. Non-farm employment by 598,000 jobs last month, the biggest one-month drop since 1974, increasing the official unemployment rate from 7.2 to 7.6 percent. (That rate excludes longtime discouraged w ... More >>
Blogs
August 25, 2008
Morning Papers: Drugstore Prices, Ugly Buildings Go Up
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released released job numbers for January, and the new is not good. Non-farm employment by 598,000 jobs last month, the biggest one-month drop since 1974, increasing the official unemployment rate from 7.2 to 7.6 percent. (That rate excludes longtime discouraged w ... More >>
Voice Choices
August 19, 2008
LET’S GET IT
Young Jeezy fights off the recession
Blogs
May 2, 2008
Going for Broke
Young Jeezy fights off the recession
Blogs
September 20, 2007
Danger of a Pull-Out -- of the Dollar
Young Jeezy fights off the recession
News
November 6, 2001
Are We Dead Yet?
Media Industry Hit by Rolling Layoffs
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