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Story Archives of 'Economy'
Working It Out Live: Have We Changed?
By Jon Greenberg on Friday, November 20, 2009.They call this the Great Recession - and it could have been a great depression without a massive infusion of cash. Technically speaking the recession is over - after 21 months and 7 million fewer jobs. Most economists predict a long slow recovery is ahead.
All this week we've been asking if we're making different choices because we're wiser or because the economy limits our choices. In our second monthly live program, we'll hear about the lessons we've learned - or not learned - from this recession and what it means for the future.
Charitable Giving in Tight Times
By Dan Gorenstein on Friday, November 20, 2009.People in philanthropy expect charitable contributions to drop this year.
If it does, it will be the first time in the past 50 years that individual giving will fall in two consecutive years.
But New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein spoke with several people who are bucking the trend.
The Recession Mindset
By Jon Greenberg on Friday, November 20, 2009.This week our series on the economy, Working It Out, has been asking, has this recession changed us. Jon Greenberg picks up that theme in our weekly economic round-up.
Recession Civics
By Jon Greenberg on Thursday, November 19, 2009.This week, as part of our series on the economy, Working It Out, we’re asking the question, has this recession changed us. The Carsey Institute at the University New Hampshire just released a study that examines a particular slice of that question. It looks at the impact of the recession on civic life. New Hampshire Public Radio’s Jon Greenberg has more.
Redesigning and Rethinking During a Recession
By Laura Knoy on Thursday, November 19, 2009.Granite State business has been forced to think outside the box in order to survive. We'll see what businesses are doing to adapt to our ever-changing economic times.
Guests
- Matthew Lowry, editor of Business NH Magazine
- Jon Greenberg, NHPR executive editor and curator of our Working It Out project
We'll also hear from
- Arthur Learned, owner of Things Are Cooking, a kitchen supply store in Concord and board member of the New Hampshire Retail Merchants Association
- Kathryn Underwood, president and CEO of Ledyard National Bank in Lebanon
The Celebrity Media Bubble
By Avishay Artsy on Wednesday, November 18, 2009.President Obama posed for the cameras today atop the Great Wall of China, a major sightseeing stop during his diplomatic tour of Asia. Photographers captured the president walking down the last ramp by himself, a shot carefully planned by White House aides.
HHS Commissioner Provides "Sobering Numbers" to North Country
By Chris Jensen on Wednesday, November 18, 2009.North Country healthcare providers met recently with Nicholas Toumpas, head of the state’s Department of Health and Human Services .
They got some bad news, a pleasant surprise, and a plea for innovation.
NHPR correspondent Chris Jensen has the story.
Trust in a Down Economy
By Jon Greenberg on Tuesday, November 17, 2009.This week in our Working It Out series, we’re asking the question, Have we changed? Did the deepest recession in decades bring us to some new understanding or when it ends, will we be back where we started?
The Center for Public Leadership at Harvard gives us some insights through its National Leadership Index. The annual survey looks at popular trust in various institutions from Wall Street to religious organizations. This year, American’s overall confidence in their leaders went up a little bit. But as New Hampshire Public Radio’s Jon Greenberg reports, the picture is more complicated than that.
Prisons as Investment Opportunities
By Virginia Prescott on Tuesday, November 17, 2009.
Here's an investment opportunity in a big growth industry: the prison business. Yes, there are rape scandals, murders, and riots, but many investors know a “buy” when they see it. Bryant Urstadt is a contributor to Harper's Magazine. He took a close look at a very positive securities analyst's report for Geo Group, one of the two largest private prison companies in the US. Urstadt analyzed the document for the magazine's December issue, and joins us with his read of what's hidden between the lines of the report's optimistic investment advice.
Austin Chronicle: The Privatized Government
(Photo courtesy Still Burning via Flickr/CreativeCommons)
October Housing Sales Rise as Prices Fall: Condo Sale Surge
By Jon Greenberg on Monday, November 16, 2009.Declining home prices continue to help residential sales in New Hampshire. Prices are down about 11 percent and sales for the year are a hair above what they were in 2008.
Real estate agents are pleased with the October numbers. After a grim period stretching from last fall to early spring, there’s been a consistent if modest upward trend. The number of homes sold last month rose compared to this September and compared to October a year ago. The data come from the New Hampshire Association of Realtors.
