October 15, 2012 • 2:35 am 0
The very loans that are supposed to help seniors stay in their homes are in many cases pushing them …
More via Reverse Mortgages Costing Some Seniors Their Homes – NYTimes.com.
Filed under: Aging, Blogosphere, consumers, Culture Think, Election 2012, Feminization of Poverty, Gender Policy, Medicare, Mortgages, News, Aging; old age; seniors; baby boomers; health;, eating the nest egg, Home ownership; the American Dream; mortgage failures; bankruptcies; foreclosures;
February 9, 2012 • 4:57 am 0
After months of painstaking talks, government authorities and five of the nation’s biggest banks have agreed to a $26 billion settlement that could provide relief to nearly two million current and former American homeowners harmed by the
via States Negotiate $26 Billion Deal for Homeowners – NYTimes.com.
Filed under: Mortgages, News, WeSeeReason, Home ownership; the American Dream; mortgage failures; bankruptcies; foreclosures;, Housing Buble, housing market
February 8, 2012 • 6:13 pm 1
New York has been among the most aggressive states in trying to protect homeowners from foreclosure, granting new legal protections and turning courts across the state into teeming negotiation centers working to keep people in …
MORE via Push to Avert Foreclosures Hits Court Logjam – NYTimes.com.
Filed under: Banks, Children and Poverty, Economic Recession, Family Policy, Mortgages, News, WeSeeReason, Foreclosures, Home ownership; the American Dream; mortgage failures; bankruptcies;, Mortgages
February 8, 2012 • 4:28 am 0
“IT SUCKED,” says the head of investment banking at one of Europe’s biggest banks, reviewing the fourth quarter of 2011. That succinct assessment will take few by surprise. The sale and trading of bonds and shares slowed to a …
MORE via Investment banking: Bonfire of the bankers | The Economist.
Filed under: Banks, Blogosphere, consumers, Election 2012, Mortgages, News, bankers, banks and profits, corporate profits; consumer rights vs. corporate greed; corporate excesses; the corporate supper rich; corporate leaders self dealing; corporate social responsibility; stock holders get short end of s
January 23, 2012 • 6:01 am 0
Newt Gingrich wins big, but can he keep the momentum going as the campaign moves into friendlier territory for …
MORE via United States | The Economist.
Filed under: Blogosphere, Culture Think, Election 2012, ideology, Latinos, Mortgages, News, Vote, WeSeeReason, Florida Politics, Gingrich for President; Nothing Newt; Newt Gingrich runs; Running for leader of the free world; Election 2012; Newt Gingrich in 2012; Back to the future with Newt Gingrich;, Republican Primary
January 20, 2012 • 5:00 am 0
We chose to focus our cameras on Detroit out of a gut feeling that this city — often heralded as the birthplace of the middle class — may well be a harbinger of things to come for the rest of the country.
via Dismantling Detroit – NYTimes.com.
Filed under: African American, Blogosphere, Children and Poverty, Economic Recession, Election 2012, Latinos, Mortgages, News, Public Policy, Unemployment, WeSeeReason, auto industry; saving Detroit; Government intervention saves auto industry; Obama Administration saves Detroit;, the recession and the states; states struggle to deal with recession; state budgets; state fiscal health; US recovery by region; Great Lakes economic woes; As the auto industry wanes Detroit pains;
December 25, 2011 • 7:04 am 0
So this is how the Big Lie works.
You begin with a hypothesis that has a certain surface plausibility. You find an ally whose background suggests that he’s an “expert”; out of thin air, he devises “data.” You write articles in sympathetic publications, repeating the data endlessly; in time, some of these
via The Big Lie – NYTimes.com.
Filed under: Banks, Blogosphere, consumers, Election 2012, Mortgages, News, Public Policy, regulations, WeSeeReason, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Home ownership; the American Dream; mortgage failures; bankruptcies;, Mortgages
December 24, 2011 • 4:26 pm 0
Eight states will ring in the New Year with a higher minimum wage, under state laws that require wage floors to keep apace with inflation. San Francisco, one of the few cities that sets its own minimum wage above the …
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Filed under: Blogosphere, Children and Poverty, Economic Recession, Job Sector, Mass Media and Public Opinion, Mortgages, News, States Rights & Poverty, WeSeeReason, jobs; employment; unemployment; labor market; looking for a job, minimum wage, States Rights
December 4, 2011 • 5:08 pm 0
PERHAPS it’s time to dial back some of the gloom. This week gave us positive news on two fronts. First, the underlying American economy seems to be in reasonably good shape. Second, the biggest risks hanging over
via The American economy: A very good week | The Economist.
Filed under: Blogosphere, consumers, Election 2012, Job Sector, Mass Media and Public Opinion, Mortgages, News, Public Policy, Pundits, Unemployment, WeSeeReason, US; America; US Economy; economic recovery
October 29, 2011 • 3:37 pm 0
As if on cue for an Occupy Wall Street commercial, the latest Congressional Budget Office report highlighted the large crevasse between the upper 1 percent of U.S. households and the rest of us.
MORE via Five ways income inequality happened, and will continue | Reuters.
Filed under: access to education, Banks, Blogosphere, consumers, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Demographic Change, Economic Recession, Election 2012, ethics, Family Policy, Feminization of Poverty, Gender Policy, Immigration, Job Sector, Mortgages, News, political corruption, Political Economy, Public Policy, Unemployment, waging war, WeSeeReason, corporate pay; leadership and wealth; exorbitant privilege; corporate profits; Executive Pay; Rich and Poor; Income Gap; income inequality;, income inequality
October 21, 2011 • 3:50 am 2
As natural gas drilling has spread across the country, energy industry representatives have sat down at kitchen tables in states like Texas, Pennsylvania and New York to offer homeowners leases that give companies the …
MORE via Rush to Drill for Gas Creates Mortgage Conflicts – NYTimes.com.
Filed under: Blogosphere, Environmental Policy, Health Literacy, Health Policy, Mass Media and Public Opinion, Mortgages, News, Oil and Gas, profit motive and carcinogens, Public Policy, Social Media, Technology and You, WeSeeReason, climate change; environmental health; pollution; environmental issues; the green movement; energy conservation; dirty fuels; toxic waste; global warming;, Home ownership; the American Dream; mortgage failures; bankruptcies; foreclosures;
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