By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Given where we are, this tax-cut deal with the Republicans is the best President Obama could do since raising taxes in a recession would not have been a good idea and t... Read more
Image via Wikipedia KITAKYUSHU, Japan — They may be the most efficient workers in the world. But in the global downturn, they are having a tough time finding jobs. Japan’s legions of robots,... Read more
CROWDSOURCING A soured economy has prompted a boom in crowdsourcing, but this is a creative, efficient trend that will outlast the recession. Some have predicted that crowdsourcing is the fu... Read more
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Image via Wikipedia By PAUL KRUGMAN Recessions are common; depressions are rare. As far as I can tell, there were only two eras in economic history that were widely described as “depressions... Read more