Image by Wm Jas via Flickr UPS CEO Scott Davis may be confident the recession is over (CEOs tend to mean the recession is over for “the right players” when they make statements like that,) but for the rest of America, the road to recovery will be a long, arduous journey — if it happens at all. Dan Froomkin, citing a series of articles that appeared on Harvard’s Nieman Watchdog website, and featuring interviews with some seriously prophetic economics, details seven things about the economy that should worry everyone.
Seven Things About The Economy That Should Worry Everyone
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