U.S. Business
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Disappointing Barbie, Average Joe
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Being healthy, wealthy, and wise; Safety in numbers
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A clean fight, The Man
Best columns: Investor mentality, Consumer psychology
These are uncertain economic times, says James Surowiecki in The New Yorker, but “if investors are unsure about tomorrow, why are they acting so certain about today?” Current economic indicators are relatively positive, says Dan Ariely in the Los Angeles Times, so why are U.S. consumers “so gloomy?”
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Red-hot greens, Making change
Best columns: Bailout bets, Salary spies
It seems to be “a question of when, not if,” the government bails out Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, says Ben Levisohn in BusinessWeek.com. If you’ve ever longed to be “a fly on the wall of a prospective employer’s office,” says Jessica Anderson in Kiplinger’s, you now have your chance—virtually, anyways.
Best columns: Collegiate values, Funding college
Colleges have been “jacking up tuition,” says Money’s Penelope Wang in CNNMoney.com, but that doesn’t mean you’re getting more. So how are families paying for college? says Andrea Coombes in MarketWatch.
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Truth in advertising, Reigning champs
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Drawing the Trump card, ’80s nostalgia
Best columns: Fed poorly, Greenspan fatigue
To avoid “a replay of the stagflation of the 1970s,” says Fortune’s Colin Barr in CNNMoney.com, the Fed is hoping you “are going to be feeling poorer” for a while. It’s too bad Alan Greenspan “just can’t get the hang of this retirement thing,” says Steven Pearlstein in The Washington Post.
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Driving down demand, United Artists
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Working for the weekend, Deficit hawks
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Vigilantism over vice, Saving a buck
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Booking that flight, Freewheeling
