It is certainly a sign of the times when reports that the economy lost 36,000 jobs is considered a boon in economic news. While today’s unemployment numbers, released by the Labor Department, are being hyped as evidence that the economy is gaining traction, economists still advise that we have...

Up until the financial crisis was front page news for virtually every media source, I rarely—if ever—took heed of economic statistics. I may have glanced at the Dow Jones Industrial Average every once in awhile, but that was about the extent of my interest. Now I have been paying more attention ...

Due to the enormous loss of wealth that was ubiquitous in the US, 2009 is a year to forget for most Americans. As we welcome in a new year—and a new decade—there is a higher level of uncertainty about the country’s future than there has been in my lifetime: we are in multiple foreign wars, fac...