Search Results for: economy

Nate Silver: The End of Car Culture

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It’s not just erratic gas prices and a bad economy that’s hurting automakers. It may be that Americans are changing.

Source: Esquire
Published: May 6, 2009
Length: 4 minutes (1,045 words)

After the Great Recession: Interview with President Obama

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This was our third interview about the economy, the first two occurring during last year’s campaign. And while the setting was decidedly more formal this time — the Oval Office — the interview felt as conversational as those earlier ones. We sat at the far end of the office from his desk and spoke for 50 minutes.

Published: Apr 28, 2009
Length: 24 minutes (6,190 words)

The Humbug

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Edgar Allan Poe and the economy of horror.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Apr 27, 2009
Length: 23 minutes (5,945 words)