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Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: ''This crisis is not going away. Officially begun late in 2007, nearly five years later, no end is in sight. Trillions in government-funded bailouts and interventions failed to do the trick. The private sector s hyped resilience disappeared. 'Recoveries' proved weak, uneven and short-lived. The president who rode the crisis into power risks being ridden out by its persistence.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10805-five-reasons-why-crisis-persists

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Economic Recovery Is Weakest Since World War II

Economic growth has never been weaker in a postwar recovery. Consumer spending has never been so slack. Only once has job growth been slower.

http://is.gd/QDYgPJ


From Information Clearing House

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Life and Death in a Cruel Economy
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/08/16-0



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=recovery
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=economic+growth
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=consumer+spending
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=job+growth
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=bailout
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Richard+D.+Wolff
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Robert+C.+Koehler

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