The Great Recession’s Aftermath
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 6th, 2010 5:32 am by HL
The Great Recession’s Aftermath
Robert Samuelson, Newsweek
WASHINGTON — One insistent question at the start of a new decade involves the lingering effects of the old: What scars will the Great Recession leave? We are already seeing some. Americans are moving less than at any time since World War II, reports demographer William Frey of the Brookings Institution. People are tied to existing homes, can't get loans for new ones and won't move to places without job commitments, says Frey. Only 1.6 percent of Americans are now moving across state lines, half the rate of a decade ago.With a grim job market, the young also seem more cautious. A…
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Matthew Yglesias, Think Progress
I keep meaning to comment on this Rasmussen poll about how Americans love torture:Fifty-eight percent (58%) of U.S. voters say waterboarding and other aggressive interrogation techniques should be used to gain information from the terrorist who attempted to bomb an airliner on Christmas Day.A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 30% oppose the use of such techniques, and another 12% are not sure.Predictably enough, I disagree. But agree or disagree, what I really wanted to draw attention to was how different this discussion is from the debater’s gambit…