economy

On Money: MidLife Mommyblogger Meltdown

10.14.2008

by msmeta of Adventures at Midlife The Daily Beast, Tina Brown’s new excursion into tabloid online journalism, has an absolutely heart-wrenching collection of posts from women who have been slammed by the economic crisis. The last one, from a midlifer who calls herself The Accidental Housewife, really got to me: The generations who survived the [...]

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Adventures at Midlife: Still waiting for Uncle Sam?

08.19.2008

by msmeta of Adventures at Midlife The National Women’s Law Center just released the results of a poll indicating that “women are significantly more pessimistic than men in their attitudes about the status quo in America, both on a societal level and in terms of their own lives.” “Women are more likely than men to [...]

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The Upside of Recession

05.29.2008

Meghan Daum, writing in the LATimes, has managed to find a bright side to the growing recession, with its flattened house market and $4/gallon gas prices: home repairmen who come immediately, and California’s empty freeways. Sure, things are going to get ugly very soon. Layoffs will increase, the housing market will go from dismal to [...]

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