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Great Recession

  1. higher education
    Pick a Practical Major, Like FrenchWhy everything we assume about a degree in humanities might be wrong.
    By Freddie deBoer
  2. the intelligencer profile
    Was Larry Summers Right All Along?How the ultimate Establishment figure became the preeminent critic of the Biden era’s economic consensus.
    By Eric Levitz
  3. the 99 percent
    Occupy Wall Street Changed EverythingTen years later, the legacy of Zuccotti Park has never been clearer.
    By Astra Taylor and Jonathan Smucker
  4. coronavirus
    The Coming COVID-19 Higher-Ed DisasterPublic colleges and universities became a lot less “public” after the Great Recession. The coronavirus crisis could make it all a lot worse.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. the democrats
    It’s Time for Democratic Centrists Like Me to Help, Not Fight, The LeftThose who ran the Democratic Party under the Clintons and Obama need to acknowledge it’s the left’s turn to lead.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. State Support for Colleges Declines As Student Diversity GrowsPublic higher education was hit hard by the Great Recession and a GOP wave in the states. Now, a more diverse student population may leave pols cold.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. July Jobs Report: 2017 Looking Exactly Like 2016It’s becoming monotonous to report, but it’s true: the slow but steady recovery continues, which could help Trump stabilize his shaky popularity.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. the national interest
    Deficit Scolds Are Holding the Unemployed HostageIf we can’t fix the debt, they will make us suffer.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. the national interest
    Why Republicans Have No Ideas About Mass UnemploymentMass unemployment is a huge distraction from the IRS scandal Benghazi Obamacare.
    By Jonathan Chait
  10. the national interest
    The Arguments of the Great Recession Are Over. Hooray.The emptiness of intellectual vindication.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. jobs jobs jobs
    New York City Has Recovered All the Jobs Lost in the Recession But that doesn’t mean unemployment isn’t up.
    By Andre Tartar
  12. the great recession
    Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rate on Money Loaned to BanksOne-quarter of a percentage point.
    By Jessica Pressler
  13. the great recession
    Bernanke Will Raise the Interest Rate When the Time Is RightHe has to wait for the Signs.
    By Jessica Pressler
  14. the great recession
    Unemployment Fell to 9.7 Percent Last MonthDown from 10 percent, so … yay? No.
    By Jessica Pressler
  15. renter beware
    As More Landlords Stagger Under Debts, Thousands of Tenants Face AbandonmentThe impending financial disaster at Stuyvesant Town has gotten plenty of ink, but it may only be the beginning of a nightmare for tenants citywide.
    By Eileen Markey
  16. the downturnaround
    Niall Ferguson: ‘People Just Have to Get Over the Fact That Their Wealth Wasn’t Worth What They Thought It Was’In which a famed demon of doom gets over himself.
    By Hugo Lindgren