Updated 8/28/08 The economic playing field in this country has always been uneven. In spite of this fact, residents of different races, ethnic backgrounds and genders have overcome tremendous obstacles to feed their families and meet the other obligations of their lives. Now middle-class workers from all groups are competing with forces they are ill-equipped [...]
economic policy
Redefining the Expert
Economics 102
Most “experts” in this country scratched their heads as stock markets around the world went into a free fall on Monday, and continued to fall Tuesday and Wednesday. The cause–worries about the weakening American economy. The week before, a spokesman for Intel wondered aloud why the company’s stock fell 15 percent as investors responded to [...]

