economy

Obama's economy speech: "Expanding broadband across America"

mthompson — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:42:48 -0800

In his first major speech of the new year, President-elect Barack Obama pledged to "expand broadband lines across America" as part of his national economic recovery plan. Help get every American online in 2009 at InternetforEveryone.org

Obama: "Every child should have the chance to get online"

mthompson — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:24:12 -0800

In his December 6 YouTube address, President-elect Barack Obama outlined plans to "renew America's information superhighway" and invest in 21st century broadband infrastructure to restore our economic competitiveness.

Pundits scoffed at accurate predictions about the economy

mthompson — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:16:53 -0800

In 2007, mainstream pundits laughed repeatedly at analysts like Peter Schiff -- who accurately predicted America's current economic woes. And some pundits are still claiming that America's overall economy is "doing rather well.”

Junk News serves up a bailout "screamathon"

mthompson — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:05:11 -0800

Fox News' Neil Cavuto and Ben Stein get into a "screamathon" over the government's economic bailout plans -- just as Americans need real journalism and debate most. (Hat tip to CrooksandLiars.com)

Consumers Cutting Back on Some Tech Items

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:14:59 -0800

The Future of the Internet Economy: A Statistical Profile

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:05:33 -0800

This statistical profile, prepared for the OECD ministerial meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy taking place in Seoul on 17-18 June, 2008, compares major trends in the diffusion of the Internet across OECD and selected non-OECD countries.

George Will claims U.S. economy isn't "going down the drain"

mthompson — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:20:49 -0800

From ThinkProgress.org: On ABC’s This Week roundtable, conservative columnist George Will claimed that the economy may only be suffering from a “financial problem” while the rest of the economy is performing “rather well.”

Tracking the Economic Slowdown

Stevie Converse — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:11:48 -0700

Europe on the Way to a High-Speed Internet Economy

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 14 May 2008 07:22:02 -0700

40% of Europeans do not use the internet and are not benefiting from the socio-economic opportunities offered by the internet revolution. This we must correct and do so soon said Commissioner Reading in a recent speech.