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The Atlantic Reviews Impact of Recession Over Past Three Years

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What the Great Recession Wrought: The State of the U.S. in 3 Years of Polls

  • “The Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor surveys have explored American attitudes on the changing economy each quarter since April 2009…One theme consistently winding through the polls is the emergence of what could be called a “reluctant self-reliance,” as Americans look increasingly to reconstruct economic security from their own efforts, in part because they don’t trust outside institutions to provide it for them. The surveys suggest that the battered economy has crystallized a gestating crisis of confidence in virtually all of the nation’s public and private leadership class–from elected officials to the captains of business and labor. Taken together, the results render a stark judgment: At a time when they believe they are navigating much more turbulent economic waters than earlier generations, most Americans feel they are paddling alone.”
  • Related postings on financial system

    • Commerce Department: The Competitiveness and Innovative Capacity of the United States

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    The Competitiveness and Innovative Capacity of the United States, January 2012 “Innovation is the key driver of competitiveness, wage and job growth, and long term economic growth. Therefore, one way to approach the question of how to improve the competitiveness of the United States is to look to the past and examine the factors that… Continue Reading

    Government As a Platform

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    Government As a Platform Copyright © 2010 O’Reilly Media, Inc. You are reading the text of an O’Reilly book that has been published (Open Government). However, the author of this piece—Tim O’Reilly—understands that the ideas in this chapter are evolving and changing. We’re putting it here to get feedback from you—what are your ideas? This… Continue Reading