These days there are plenty of college students in a mass panic as they enroll for their freshman year. While many had hoped the United States would be well out of the recession by now, there is a clear picture that the country may not get out for some time down the road. In this [...]
The economy has put everyone in a funk. People who were normally used to spending free are now feeling their wallets tightening and it’s causing them to do things they had never thought of before. One of those things is cut back drastically on spending. It’s not a nice concept to imagine. People work hard [...]
Sure the economy is moving towards being healthy again, but that doesn’t mean that the economy is going to have the people to outfit it’s growing job market. The truth is that there is a very difficult time right now with the up and coming American workers. Yes, this means the eighth graders. It’s sounds [...]
Is it possible that too much education is a bad thing? It might seem that way. These days there has been an increased premium on the amount of education a person has. What was once a job that could be had with a high school diploma is now a job that can be had with [...]
While there has been much dark to the recession in regards to the United States economy, there has been some positives too. One of these is with the operations of business. While the constant tightening of the belt is seen as a negative, it’s anything but. These days the companies that were having problems before [...]
Labor unions have been in the news lately, especially in Wisconsin where lawmakers are trying to change the way things work. They are trying to get rid of collective bargaining agreements, so that unions won’t have any power anymore. Whether that’s good or bad remains to be seen, and it mostly depends on what side [...]
Even though there are some encouraging signs in the economy, there are still problems. One of the main areas at issue is the housing market, since it’s still struggling and having trouble recovering from the bursting of the bubble. A definite problem area in the housing market is vacation homes. The prices of these are [...]
When problems with Libya first started to develop, the gas prices in other parts of the world started to rise. That was unfortunate and troubling, as well as confusing to a lot of people. Libya only accounted for approximately two percent of the world’s oil production, and other countries immediately said that they would help [...]
In the aftermath of a devastating earthquake and tsunami, Japan is still working at recovering. It’s something that will continue for years, and the crisis isn’t completely over – there are still problems with the nuclear reactors. They could fail and melt down, damaging even more of the area and harming more people. Hopefully, that [...]
1.5 million people filed for bankruptcy in 2010: were you one of them? Find out the causes, and prepare to be astounded. For example, would you have guessed that 8% of people blame divorce for their financial woes? Learn the figures, and discuss your take on bankruptcy, and chapter 13 bankruptcy, below. click to enlarge [...]
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