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Unemployment: Could We Be Facing Another Depression?

1/5/09 1:15pm by Kristina Cowan
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Each week delivers more grim news about some part of the economy, including job cuts and climbing unemployment. All the gloom-and-doom has some recalling unemployment during the Great Depression. At this point the U.S. unemployment rate is 6.7 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics; peak unemployment during the Great Depression was 25 percent. Are we inching toward a similarly unsavory fate?  Read more >

NFL Player Salaries: What They Are, and Why

12/1/08 1:47pm by Kristina Cowan
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Signing bonuses, salary caps, betting on huge potential--they're all part of the game when it comes to determining the incomes of professional football players. Continue reading "NFL Player Salaries: What They Are, and Why" »  Read more >

Can President-elect Obama Provide Relief from Our Unemployment Angst?

11/13/08 2:33pm by Kristina Cowan
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As the U.S. unemployment rate increases--at 6.5 percent, it has reached a 14-year high--and President Bush's tenure winds down, all eyes are on President-elect Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress set to take the reins in Washington in January. Will the new leadership provide relief? Continue reading "Can President-elect Obama Provide Relief from Our Unemployment Angst?" »  Read more >

Joe the Plumber and the Middle-Class Squeeze

10/28/08 2:31pm by Kristina Cowan
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Joe Wurzelbacher--better known as Joe the Plumber--is getting his 15 minutes of fame, and in the meantime, raising questions about what it means to be middle class, and why the middle class is so very squeezed. Continue reading "Joe the Plumber and the Middle-Class Squeeze" »  Read more >

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Full Name
Kristina Cowan
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May 2007
About Me: 
Kristina Cowan, senior writer and reporter for PayScale.com, has over 10 years of journalism experience, most recently covering education and workforce issues for a variety of publications. Her PayScale blog, The Salary Reporter, can be found at http://blogs.payscale.com/salary_report_kris_cowan/
 

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