Subscribe to Dollars & Sense magazine. Recent articles related to the financial crisis. AFL-CIO Proposes 5-Point Economic Stimulus PlanFrom the AFL-CIO Blog:Unemployment is climbing. The stock market is dropping. The housing boom is bust. Corporate earnings are tanking. The nation’s economy is in the worst shape it’s been in years. Maybe even headed toward recession. Working families are worried. Today, the AFL-CIO outlined several proposals to develop a short-term stimulus package that 'offers the biggest bang for the buck' and began to address the underlying causes of today's economic anxiety. Read more... Labels: AFL-CIO, economic stimulus, recession, taxes |