economy

A vacant storefront in downtown San Francisco. Photo: Jan Stuermann

"It's the economy, stupid!"

Rarely have Americans felt so depressed. Not since the 1930s has the American dream looked so cheerless. Nobody expected President Obama to fix every problem in the 20 months he has been in the job, but people had hoped for more work.

Make an investment in knowledge

Mike Pilewski writes: "American businesses hire consultants to give them valuable advice."

Cooke and Keynes and our wonderful world

"Don't know much about history or economy"

Spotlight Audio 5/2009

Focus: Small Talk
Dialogue exercise

Travel
A riverside rendezvous

Go out and spend the money you haven't got

We've been hearing a lot of bad news. These are very difficult times for business and for the economy.

Getting America back on track

"Tourists are lucky if they've heard of Amtrak, yet for a reasonable price, they can travel quite comfortably across the entire country — without having to stare at the road or take off their shoes and belts in front of strangers."

starren

Gürtel

Common ground can be good PR

"The motivational 'Yes, we can' Obama is back."

Ice age for migrant fishermen in Iceland

Iceland, which is experiencing the worst financial crisis in its history, now expects its biggest exodus in a century.

Today, a bank account provides more __________ than a house.

Liquidity, stagflation or negative equity?

Nightmare on Wall Street - Difficult

The financial crisis caused the US government to produce a bailout plan. But the nightmare isn't over. Build your vocabulary with some basic financial terminology.

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