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Football Upsets Increase Domestic Violence, Study Finds

Before people ask why I am posting this foolishness, understand that the football = DV myth remains circulating throughout academe as well as pop culture. I have even occasionally heard it made mentioned during football games by announcers and ...

From CATHERINE RAMPELL, The New York Times,  23 Nov 2009

How Old Is Old Enough?

THIS past week the Supreme Court heard arguments about whether children should ever be sentenced to life without parole for crimes that don’t involve murder. At the heart of the argument lies a vexing question: When should a person be treated as an ...

From CATHERINE RAMPELL, The New York Times,  14 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Columbia University,  Laurence Steinberg

The Shape of a Recession

The gross domestic product grew last quarter, it was announced last week, raising the question: What would a recovery look like? Unfortunately, says John Ryding, chief economist at RDQ Economics, you have as many views of the economy going forward as ...

From CATHERINE RAMPELL, The New York Times,  31 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Simon Johnson,  International Monetary Fund

Tax credit to create jobs gains bipartisan traction

The idea of a tax credit for companies that create new jobs, something the federal government has not tried since the 1970s, is gaining support among economists and Washington officials grappling with the highest unemployment in a generation. ...

From CATHERINE RAMPELL, Atlanta Journal Constitution,  7 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Edmund S Phelps,  Eric Cantor,  U.S. Republican Party,  Harvard University,  Robert Reich

Support for tax credit for new jobs grows

timed at a dire moment like this when unemployment is way too high and appears to be going somewhat higher," said Phelps, a Columbia University economics professor, lamenting that the president dropped it from the $787 billion stimulus plan last winter. ...

From CATHERINE RAMPELL NEW YORK TIMES, The San Jose Mercury News,  6 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Columbia University,  Barack Obama,  Eric Cantor,  U.S. Republican Party,  White House

Support grows for creating US tax credits for new jobs

NEW YORK - The idea of a tax credit for companies that create jobs, something the federal government has not tried since the 1970s, is gaining support among economists and Washington officials grappling with the highest unemployment in a ...

From CATHERINE RAMPELL, Boston Globe,  6 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Edmund S Phelps,  Barack Obama,  Eric Cantor,  U.S. Republican Party,  White House

Support Builds for Tax Credit to Help Hiring

The idea of a tax credit for companies that create new jobs, something the federal government has not tried since the 1970s, is gaining support among economists and Washington officials grappling with the highest unemployment in a generation. The ...

From CATHERINE RAMPELL, The New York Times,  6 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Edmund S Phelps,  Barack Obama,  Eric Cantor,  U.S. Republican Party,  White House

Economix: Michigan Leads in Jobless Rate, Again

Fourteen states and the District of Columbia found at least a tenth of their work forces unemployed in August, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Friday. Even as some economic indicators in housing and elsewhere show signs of ...

From CATHERINE RAMPELL, The New York Times,  18 Sep 2009
Related Topics: David Leonhardt

Economix: The Self-Employed Are the Happiest

Business owners are the happiest workers in America, according to Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index poll data collected from January to August. Transportation and manufacturing workers have the lowest overall well-being. Definitions for each of the ...

From CATHERINE RAMPELL, The New York Times,  17 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Gallup,  Healthways, Inc.,  David Leonhardt

Same Old Hope: This Bubble Is Different

This time is different. That’s what people argue every time a bubble inflates, and what they think every time they are chastened by its popping. But century after century, decade after decade and year after year, human beings irrationally exuberate all ...

From CATHERINE RAMPELL, The New York Times,  13 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Daniel Yergin,  IHS Inc.,  Stephen Roach,  Morgan Stanley,  Isaac Newton

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