Occupy movement

With respect to student loans, it is as if for those who know where to look, the writing is on the wall. Given recent political events and ongoing political dialogue, let's revisit the issue of student loans.I. Should there be a student loan bailout?CNBC's Kelly Evans discussed on April 25, 2012...

The snow is gone, the first day of spring arrived weeks ago, the baseball season has begun, and one question has come to my mind: Where is the highly-anticipated American Spring that we had been hearing about for months? In January 2012, I discussed various "prologue protests" that appeared to...

One year after the Egyptian Revolution, in light of the revolutionary wave in the Middle East known as the "Arab Spring", might there be an "American Spring" around the corner in 2012? Given recent developments, struggling economic conditions, and recurring political rhetoric in the news, an...

Income inequality has become a hot issue in the current political debate, but what does income inequality really portend for the future?MarketWatch's Darrell Delamaide had an article Wednesday arguing that the issue of income inequality in the American political debate is not going away anytime...

Are student loans going to make for one of the biggest economic issues this year? Though the topic has been somewhat in the background lately as media attention to the Occupy movement has waned, there is reason to believe that student loans may be one of the hottest economic and political issues...

Sometimes bread tastes better than freedom. One has to wonder how much freedom a starving individual would be willing to give up in order to survive. This is something to keep in mind going into the next year as we make our way through the global financial crisis. And as we approach the beginning...

On Wednesday, Marketplace's Kai Ryssdal interviewed Stephanie Elsenpeter, an unemployed mother living in New Hope, Minn. Elsenpeter discussed how her emergency-extended unemployment benefits are going to run out the week of Jan. 8. On the topic of her unemployment benefits running out, Ryssdal...

In the context of the Occupy Wall Street protests, is Batman in the 1 percent? The most recent trailer for "The Dark Knight Rises" suggests that he is. Reuters reported Tuesday that reactions among fans to the upcoming Batman flick directed by Christopher Nolan "ranged from euphoric to...

Was November 17th's Day of Action Occupy Wall Street's Waterloo? Probably not, but it somewhat appeared to be. With stunted executions of protest goals and hundreds of arrests, what is next for the Occupy Wall Street movement? The protests prepared on Nov. 17 appeared to make for a critical day...