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The Next Economy: Milwaukee

Published June 8, 2013

Be sure to check out America 360 "Milwaukee Week" content within NationalJournal's "The Next Economy" section.

When you're approached by the homeless

Published Feb. 1, 2013

I'm going to be honest. As a short-ish, out-of-shape female with comically weak upper arms, I keep walking. I don't know this person, I don't know what they want, I'm alone, I'm caught off-guard, I don't want to get myself into a situation I'll regret. And so I quicken my step and walk past. And afterward, I really hate myself for it.

Report foretold of Sandy's destruction

Published Jan. 10, 2013

A September research report by Ceres, a Boston-based business sustainability advocacy organization, was eerily prescient. Ceres published the white paper titled, "Stormy Future for U.S. Property/Casualty Insurers: The Growing Costs and Risks of Extreme Weather Events."

Get the most out of your Groupon

Published Dec. 3, 2012

In a dismal economy, money-saving sites like Groupon and Living Social can seem like a lifesaver - especially around the holidays, when finding space for entertainment and dining can seem increasingly difficult. But experts warn that there can be too much of a good thing.

Social Circle: Has the struggling economy affected your spending?

Published July 29, 2012

This week's Social Circle question asks whether or not folks have changed their daily life based on the challenges of the recent economy. The responses are from those who, indeed, have been affected by it.

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The Summer of Smart (Eating?)

George Orwell is famous for a number of works, but none is perhaps truer in the economic sense anyway then his famous quote about needing a constant struggle in order to see in front of our collective noses. After all, constant struggles are not in short supply these days. We have an economy th...

Could the End of Bernankes Term Herald the End of Uncertainty (as we dont know it)?

Economists have a definition for everything. Take the term “uncertainty” for instance. To the rest of us, uncertainty translates into an absolute lack of knowledge. No one ever said they faced a “sort of” certain future. No, when we say the future is uncertain, we ...

The Truth About Jobs

With official US unemployment at nearly 8% of the workforce, and many part-time workers need to work full-time, everyone wants to create more jobs in America. There are about 133 million jobs in this country now, down 3% from about 137.6 million in ...

Economic Recovery?...Not in the Limo Industry.

A few years back I wrote about the economic strain that was on the Limousine Industry here in Milwaukee, WI. Well as of late I have seen the Politicians spinning their questionable statistics and patting themselves on their backs, saying how all these jobs have been created and how we as a Nation...

Deficits and Debt Out of Control?

The spirit of bipartisanship has not yet transformed intensely partisan Washington D.C., but is evident in substantive as well as symbolic ways. Members of Congress may not be tossing bouquets across the partisan divide, but they did blur party lines in sitting together for Pres. Barack Obama's...

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