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While -10.4% sounds awful, nobody ever talks about the Great Depression of 1958. That's because the economy came roaring back later that year. This was in part a characteristic of the manufacturing-dominated economy of those days. GDP and employment would shrink precipitously one quarter as factories temporarily shut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking Ahead: A Bad Recession or Something Worse? | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

But the doubters didn't take into account the evolution of Odierno's thinking during his second tour in Iraq, in 2006, when he helped develop the military's surge strategy--which contributed hugely to the reduction of violence in much of the country. Petraeus sold Washington on the surge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Ray Odierno Make Iraq Safe for the US to Leave? | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

The only political move more quixotic than attempting to pass sweeping environmental legislation during economic boom times may be trying to do so in the middle of the biggest economic maelstrom in decades. But President-elect Barack Obama apparently is not dissuaded. At an international conference on climate change convened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Despite the Economy, Obama Vows to Press Green Agenda | 11/19/2008 | See Source »

While PPPs are by no means a panacea—not every infrastructure project is suited for collaboration between the private and public sectors and there are other proposed solutions, like increased tolling, congestion pricing, encouraging reduction of demand, or a national infrastructure fund to be bankrolled by ending the...

Author: By Dana A. Stern | Title: Rebuild from the Roads Up | 11/18/2008 | See Source »

There has been an overall decrease of about 35 to 40 percent in cardiovascular fatalities in Massachusetts since 1999. Taking into account factors such as flu outbreaks, air pollution, and seasonal differentiation in health, scientists found that a reduction in secondhand smoke was the single greatest factor in the drop...

Author: By Emily J. Hogan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Smoking Ban Leads to Fewer Fatalities | 11/16/2008 | See Source »

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