Economy Troubles
Read This if You Spent Labor Day Thinking About How Much You Hate Your Job
In her book 16 Mondays, Philadelphia’s Akilah t’Zuberi (ex-wife of History Detectives co-host Tukufu Zuberi) paints a picture of a global epidemic of workplace misery […]
Toll Brothers Success Signals Turnaround in Housing Market
July 2012 was the fifth straight month of year-over-year increases in the average price of homes sold. Foreclosures are down and first-time buyers are up. […]
Drexel Picked a Bad Time to Open a New Law School
According to the Wall Street Journal, a funny thing has happened to young people in America: They no longer want to be lawyers. Or at […]
The Internet Isn’t as Powerful As You Think
It’s hard to find statistics on the effectiveness of job search sites. And by hard, I mean they don’t exist. Go ahead: Google it. Ask […]
The American Economy Might Be Built on Free Tote Bags
A few weeks ago, I dropped by Love Park for the “Top Chef” roadshow, featuring a four-round cook-off between TC alums Eli Kirshtein and homegirl […]
Death Watch: Spain and Italy
Pop Quiz: Are the Euro-technocrats (and their American backers) who orchestrated the bailouts of Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Spain (and soon Italy): A) Hell-bent on world […]
Mitt Romney Can Convince America Big Business Isn’t the Enemy
Last week, on a conference call with members of the National Federation of Independent Businesses, presidential candidate Mitt Romney promised that small businesses would have […]
Don’t Be Fooled by These 10 Misleading Economic Indicators
We all hear plenty of economic data every week. And recently, the news reports have been generally positive. Increased retail sales. Decreasing unemployment. A higher […]
Millennials to Boomers: Shut Up
My car’s red gas light turned on last week on my way to work. The local radio guy says through the static that millennials don’t […]
Generation Jobless, or Generation Doesn’t Really Want to Work?
I went to a going-away party over the weekend for a young man and his girlfriend. They’ve been living in Brooklyn, working at Starbucks and […]
Philly’s Tax Deliquents Need to Pay Up
The Mayor has proposed another tax increase this year. (And in his proposed legislation he wants City Council to approve another tax increase for next […]
8 Reasons to Be Terrified of the Bad Economy
Last week my teenage daughter and I visited the Magic Kingdom in Orlando. The Haunted Mansion? Really fun, but not very scary. Space Mountain? Pretty good, but […]
Can Obama Really Make College More Affordable?
In last week’s State of the Union address—somewhere in between the standing ovations, talks about deficit reduction, reminders that SEAL Team 6 killed Osama Bin […]
School District Cuts Threaten Center City’s Vitality
When I drove into the Fitler Square neighborhood for the first time in the summer of 2008, I was desperate. I had never been to […]
Paul Krugman Knows What $15 Trillion Is
We’re less than two weeks into 2012 and already we’ve hit a new low. And I’m not just talking about Snoop Dogg’s recent appearance on […]