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• So long
  This is our last day here at EconomyBeat, where we focused on user-generated content related to the economic downturn and other aspects of the nation’s financial life. What is not ending, however, are the effects of The Great Recession — which we tried to capture by going directly to the source. The country may, as macroeconomic [...] […]
• Top-post countdown No. 1: Geography of a recession
  On our last day, here’s our top post of all time (or the last nine months, which amounts to the same thing). This post had legs like Betty Grable, probably because it so clearly illustrated just how badly the employment situation was deteriorating last year. 1. Geography of a recession (Nov 30, 2009) This is an [...] […]
• Friday photo gallery: Best of the best
  Our last day, our last photo gallery. Here are our favorites, culled from the entire lot… […]
• EconomyBeat Podcast #16: Remembering
  As we wrap up here at the EconomyBeat Podcast, I thought we could take a long view and look back the the last great depression, the one in the 20th century. Over the next five minutes or so, feel free to reflect and do a little comparing and contrasting for yourself.  Fewer than 1 in [...] […]

PBS The Newshour

• Louisiana Shrimp, Petroleum Festival Draws Attention Amid Oil Woes
  MORGAN CITY, La. | Some people might find it odd that this city near Louisiana's southern coast has a Shrimp and Petroleum Festival. Somehow the two don't seem to go together.But some local citizens get a bit testy if you ask them about that juxtaposition. They say it's really a harvest festival, and that people here "harvest" oil fr […]
• Conversation: From Book to Stage to Screen, Lawrence Wright's 'My Trip to Al-Qaeda'
  Lawrence Wright is an author, screenwriter, playwright and staff writer for The New Yorker, winning numerous awards along the way. His book, "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11," was published in 2006, spent eight weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and won several accolades, including the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction and a n […]
• Track Hurricane Earl's Atlantic Journey
  Kellie Maier kayaks Friday on water-covered Highway 12 in Kill Devil Hills, N.C. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)Hurricane Earl continued to churn along the East Coast Friday, heading north from North Carolina and expected to reach southeastern Massachusetts by Friday night. The hurricane was downgraded to a Category 1 storm and it was still predicted to […]
• Friday's Art Notes
  Bronze works by renowned French artist Edgar Degas are seen at a press preview in Sofia. Bulgaria's National Art Gallery has announced that it will present the full collection of 74 bronze sculptures by the French impressionist Edgar Degas. Photo by Ditmar Dilkoff/ AFP/ Getty Images*Conservators at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam have finished restorin […]
• Gwen's Take: Middle East Peace Talks Then and Now
  "A great moment of opportunity," she said."There's a lot of skepticism out there," he said. "But I think there is ground to be hopeful."She was Madeleine Albright, a Democrat and former secretary of state. He was Stephen Hadley, who served as national security adviser in George W. Bush's second term. On the PBS NewsHou […]
• Paul Solman Explains: How Is a Jobless Recovery Possible?
  On a day when new jobs numbers indicate that U.S. unemployment is continuing to edge up, Paul Solman answers a viewer question on the Business Desk about how it's possible to have a jobless recovery.Name: Mohammad KhanQuestion: I have a hard time understanding "jobless recovery." If there are few jobs and businesses are suffering, how are the […]

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