Broke and Hungry: This Chart Says It All

Contrary to the opinion that our economy is on a booming trajectory to the moon, the following chart from the USDA Food and Nutrition Service tells the real story: One in seven Americans now depend on food stamps to pay the grocery bill each week, and according to a...

The Self Sustaining, Downturn Recovery

The official story: The economic recovery that began a year and a half ago is continuing, although, to date, at a pace that has been insufficient to reduce the rate of unemployment significantly. The initial stages of the recovery, in the second half of 2009 and in...