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December 01, 2009 10:09 AM EST (shared with group: December 01, 2009) — Click on link.   http://www.jumpthecurve.net/index.php/recent_posts/jack_uldrichs_2010_technology_forecast_predictions/ more
November 21, 2009 11:22 AM EST (shared with group: November 21, 2009) — The large middle class lasted 50 years, so lets just get over ourselves for once. Sure, the large middle class HAD a solid foundation, but now it doesn't. The transfer of economic power is happening . . . more
November 09, 2009 02:24 PM EST (shared with group: November 09, 2009) — What if there was a way to get $8 billion in the pockets of hard working low- and middle -income Americans and it didn't cost taxpayers a penny? Should we do it? Each year $8 billion is spent at various . . . more
October 31, 2009 11:18 AM EDT (shared with group: October 31, 2009) — I watched Mr. James Galbraith (the younger) on Bill Moyers' Journal, on PBS last night. He said that we should offer early retirement to guys like me. The youth of today, he says, need to be employed. . . . more
October 27, 2009 05:20 PM EDT (shared with group: October 27, 2009) — We don't dispense a lot of career advice at MinnEcon. One look at my early career path and you wouldn't take it from me anyway. But we do have sources in our Public Insight Network who hire . . . more
October 26, 2009 05:57 PM EDT (shared with group: October 26, 2009) — Most career success stories don't start with running late and needing caffeine. But that's what helped Nate Hrobak land his first job at Caribou Coffee and led him to discover he possessed an expert's . . . more
October 23, 2009 01:07 AM EDT (shared with group: October 23, 2009) — We asked aloud in September if people might be better off without college in this recession . Clearly, we were way off. Headcounts in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system are at a . . . more
October 21, 2009 05:37 PM EDT (shared with group: October 21, 2009) — Return to school. Buy a house. Volunteer. Save. Fall is a great season for reflection. So when we asked sources in MPR's Public Insight Network to finish the sentence: "It's a good time to...", . . . more
October 21, 2009 10:38 AM EDT (shared with group: October 21, 2009) — What's it like to be just out of college, trying to find your way in this recession? How about being the parent of that new grad, hoping your child succeeds? Celia Gust and her daughter, Tayler Anderson, . . . more
October 20, 2009 12:57 PM EDT (shared with group: October 20, 2009) — Pretty much every town in Minnesota celebrates something during the year with a festival . Ice fishing. Rhubarb. Buffalo. My friend Dominic Papatola did a lovely job in June talking on MPR about his . . . more
October 19, 2009 01:37 PM EDT (shared with group: October 19, 2009) — Halloween to Christmas is a crucial time for retailers. Will consumers spend or save? Here's a post from My MPR colleague Mike Caputo: We've hit the bottom of the spending decline, say hopeful Minnesota . . . more
October 19, 2009 01:31 PM EDT (shared with group: October 19, 2009) — A cautionary tale about short-selling homes, from my MPR colleague Andrew Haeg : For many unable to keep up with their mortgage payments, a short sale (in which you sell the house for less than what . . . more
October 19, 2009 01:21 PM EDT (shared with group: October 19, 2009) — Good health coverage became a luxury for many small businesspeople in this recession. So imagine owning a small business in one of the nation's most dangerous sectors . That helps to understand the . . . more
October 19, 2009 01:02 PM EDT (shared with group: October 19, 2009) — Mark Tuveson likely spoke for a lot of Minnesotans when he told us recently that he was starting to see some positive signs in his corner of the economy, but he wasn't sold yet on a recovery. Tuveson, . . . more
October 15, 2009 03:01 PM EDT (shared with group: October 15, 2009) — Have you looked at the protest marches lately? More hearing-aids, and walkers, than youthful enthusiasm. The geezers on the far right are new at this, but they watched the far left for decades doing countless . . . more
October 14, 2009 03:13 PM EDT (shared with group: October 14, 2009) — One way to judge if we're in a recovery is to see if things are improving for Minnesotans struggling the most. If you're looking from Sue Estee's vantage point, it's clear we are not there yet. Estee . . . more
October 14, 2009 11:28 AM EDT (shared with group: October 14, 2009) — In early September we brought together nine Minnesota small business people from MPR's Public Insight Network to talk about health care, finding credit and the pains and passions of running your . . . more
October 13, 2009 02:21 PM EDT (shared with group: October 13, 2009) — A recovery may be coming, but many Minnesotans still haven't felt it. Minnesota Public Radio News checked in recently with folks in our Public Insight Network who'd told us in the past they were . . . more
October 12, 2009 04:54 PM EDT (shared with group: October 12, 2009) — We've written a lot about stimulus spending , often with a skeptical eye. There's no doubt money is finding its way into Minnesota's economy . The larger question -- is it worth the gigantic . . . more
October 12, 2009 12:31 PM EDT (shared with group: October 12, 2009) — The Leaving Minnesota posts continue to generate a lot of audience discussion. It's been great. Jaime Bergren-Hanish of Chaska just dropped us a note with her story of leaving Minnesota, then getting . . . more
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MPR: Economic Lookouts
Created: Jul 28, 2008
Minnesota Public Radio has enlisted more than a dozen Minnesotans to help track the economic slowdown over the next several months by sharing what they're observing in their community, at home and at work. Residents and non-residents are invited to . . .
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