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Recession Prompts More Brown Bag Lunches and Other Employee Spending Cutbacks
Survey: “Vast Majority” of Workers Making Changes Due to Economy
From brown-bagging to (temporarily, we hope) giving up the quest for the job of their dreams, a survey by Vault.com shows that America’s workers are hunkering down and making both minor and major changes to their work lives and workday routines as a result of the [...]
Staying Afloat in a Sea of Sinking Markets: Help for Career Changes During Hard Times
From Wall Street to Main Street – the Ripple Effect
Homeowners who have had to default on subprime mortgages (and Wall Street executives who have had to leave their positions in disgrace hauling away their last millions of loot) are far from the only people being hurt during the current crisis. According to an article in [...]
It’s the Economy, Stupid!
Of course, everyone has opinions about the economy in general, the financial crisis, the bailout bill, and what the next President should do about them — and what the candidates should say about these topics in tonight’s debate. (Actually, it’s a pretty wimpy debate format: I understand there are to be no follow-up questions, [...]
Unemployment Benefits Extension: Effective Counterweight to Slowing Economy?
On June 30, President Bush signed a $162 billion war spending bill that included a 13-week extension of unemployment benefits. Attaching this unemployment extension to entirely unrelated war spending sought by the White House was effective in getting the extension passed despite significant Republican opposition. This post describes the availability of the extended benefits and the economic and political considerations affecting the decision to undertake this significant additional domestic spending.
