Skyscrapers are going up, but are they getting sold? EconomyBeat.org reports on the Skyscraper Index, a calculation that finds big buildings go up during financial crises to prove a country’s strength, but often they foretell economic disaster instead. V, Double dip (W) or L recession? Things look bad for the EURO if the skyscraper index [...]
It hasn’t been an upbeat start to 2010. A blog post on NPR this morning pointed out that while the December jobless rate was higher than economists anticipated, it would have been EVEN HIGHER if those who’d dropped out of the market all together had been counted. And talk of a new recession for 2010 [...]
Some filmmakers pride themselves on making a film every year or two. Or even only every ten (ahem, James Cameron). But documentarian Alex Jablonski is making a film a month for a whole year. In the second installment of Sparrow Songs, Jablonski interviews people in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, all of whom [...]
They say that some things never go out of style, and during this recession, some are on a come back, stronger than before. Take this story: A family business in New Hampshire still makes old-fashioned, wide-brimmed hat boxes (yes, hat boxes), but they ’re used for far more than hats these days. “Sarah’s will sell [...]
In “Not Tailored for Modern Times” Youth Radio meets a clothing store owner in Oakland, California who recently had to shut down after three generations in business. Why has this store closed while the neighborhood around it is growing?
From Twitter NPR: Economy Nightly Business Report Marketplace Business Desk Unknown FeedReporters and producers from around the country are attending "economy bootcamps" to understand the current downturn.
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