One Recession, Two Americas
While a small majority of Americans experienced a mix of hardships during the recession, nearly half were largely free of economic difficulties.
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One Recession, Two Americas
For a narrow majority of Americans (55%), the Great Recession brought a mix of hardships, usually in combination: a spell of unemployment, missed mortgage or rent payments, shrinking paychecks and shattered household budgets, but for the other 45% of the country, the recession was largely free of such difficulties.
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Luxury to Necessity and Back Again
The recession has made five familiar consumer items far less of a necessity in the lives of Americans.
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How the Great Recession Has Changed Life in America
Of the 13 recessions that the American public has endured since the Great Depression of 1929-33, none has presented a more punishing combination of length, breadth and depth than this one.
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Public Uncertain About How to Improve Job Situation
Overview There is broad public agreement that past government policies intended to address the financial crisis and recession have not worked. At the same time, there is very little agreement about what the government should do now to deal with the nation’s biggest economic concern – the job situation. None of the options currently under […]
