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Video: How To Get the Most Out of College
Tweet Share on Facebook April 16, 2012 Comment (1)CNN invited me onto its program Your Bottom Line, with Christine Romans, to discuss college costs and the job market for grads. Here's the clip:
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Why Women Will Rock the Economic Recovery
Tweet Share on Facebook April 13, 2012 Comment (6)Anybody paying attention to politics may have gotten the impression that women are falling behind in the economy. This is one more reason to tune out politicians.
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Other Ways Mitt Romney Can Trash Obama's Record
Tweet Share on Facebook April 12, 2012 Comment (14)Why stop at women?
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Message From Washington: You're On Your Own
Tweet Share on Facebook April 12, 2012 Comment (1)There's been a flurry of productivity in Washington lately, which might create the impression that Washington's looking out for you.
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What the Buffett Rule Gets Wrong
Tweet Share on Facebook April 11, 2012 Comment (6)Many Americans feel dispossessed. Data supports their grievances: Incomes are stagnant, joblessness is high, and more people really are falling behind.
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Why the Economy May Still Tank in 2012
Tweet Share on Facebook April 10, 2012 CommentHey, did you happen to see where the recovery went?
For a while there, it looked as if jobs were returning, the housing market was close to bottoming out and consumers were growing more confident about their own economic outlook. But then came a disappointing jobs report, a three percent stock market correction and renewed fears that the recovery would fade.
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How Student Debt Is Slowing the Recovery
Tweet Share on Facebook April 9, 2012 Comment (7)Most Americans agree that education is a good thing. But its cost is a growing problem that may now pose risks to the broader economy.
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How Toyota and Honda Helped Detroit Recover
Tweet Share on Facebook April 6, 2012 Comment (6)You've seen the commercials, and now the numbers are beginning to confirm it: The Detroit automakers are back.
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Why Romney and Obama are Both Out of Touch
Tweet Share on Facebook April 5, 2012 Comment (5)It's easy to imagine the two presidential candidates on a playground.
"You're out of touch," Mitt Romney taunts President Obama.
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3 Myths Contained in the JOBS Act
Tweet Share on Facebook April 5, 2012 Comment (1)So Congress finally got something done.
In Washington, they're taking a short break from lobbing spitballs to celebrate the passage of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, which might take the prize for the worst bill title ever, except in that it forms the nifty acronym JOBS. This is not to be confused with the 2011 American Jobs Act, which was a grab bag of measures sponsored by President Obama that had no chance of passing in Congress. So that bill died and made room for this one.














