An Economy That Turns American Values Upside Down
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he Labor Department reported last week that 144,000 payroll jobs were created in August. Let&#39;s put that in perspective. The number was below market forecasts.
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By Scarborough, Robert  FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, THE GLOBALIZATION OF the American economy is a challenge and an opportunity.
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A few miscalculations can wreck a lifetime of saving and investing.
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Since late summer, the U.S. economy has demonstrated an enduring power to surprise. And not for the better.
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Both conservative and liberal consumers are looking harder for goods made or grown in the United States.
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Since late summer, the United States economy has demonstrated an enduring power to surprise. And not for the better.
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Currency's slide is being felt in ways as small as the rising price an American tourist pays for a meal in Rome, and as large as the decisions by foreign companies to build factories in the U.S.
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The New Republic's website is currently carrying an interesting piece which tries to explain the anomaly that although the US economy is growing, a lot of its citizens are still feeling worse off. The article explains the results of a 40 year panel study which has shown that although mean incomes have increased, income variability has increased massively, causing many Americans to feel less well off, despite the growing economy.
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While individual Americans debate the merits of globalization, corporate America has already moved overseas, with dramatic financial results.
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Robert B. Reich argues that the United States has morphed into a nation of consumers and investors, rather than citizens.
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The gross domestic product is up, but jobs are down. Economists say yes, that is possible. MIAMI - It seems, at first blush, to be a baffling contradiction.
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Across the country, Americans are giving in familiar ways, but with plenty of new twists.
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A fall in U.S. house prices would hurt  spending across the board, but companies catering to Americans'  necessities and vices would do better than others.
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A year ago, the housing market was cooling, interest rates were on the rise and the conventional wisdom was that 2006 would be the year that the U.S. economy sputtered. One could be forgiven for thinking that the Washington regional economy would slow down after a blistering three years.
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The U.S. is heading into its first recession in a truly globalized world. What to expect  -  and why it will be different this time
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Lamps, birthday candles, mouse traps and flip-flops. Such is the stuff that binds the modern American family to the global economy, author Sara Bongiorni discovers during a year of boycotting anything made in China.
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People are sometimes more extravagant with currencies that have high face values.