The XX Factor : economc crisis

The Economy Nosedives and One Man Turns to Prostitution

Susannah Breslin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:40:00 GMT

"Everything's falling apart." So begins the first episode of HBO's Hung , a new dramatic comedy that premieres this Sunday, June 28, at 10 p.m. The opening shots highlight downtown Detroit's urban blight, and the economic downturn serves as backdrop for...(read more)

Op-Ed Apocalypse

Emily Yoffe — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:53:00 GMT

Read Liaquat Ahamed's op-ed in the NYT on Sunday, and see if you don't wake up at 3 a.m. with night terrors. Ahamed is the author of Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World , which is about how decisions by the economic leaders of the last century...(read more)

Recession-Era America: Rich in Love?

Kerry Howley — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:03:00 GMT

Jessica nails the millionaires-playing-at-poverty trope so beloved by the New York Times Style section of late. But for sheer editorial laziness nothing beats the recession-as-moral-uplift story. Here is Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson explaining...(read more)

Not Putting My Eggs in the Government Basket

Rachael Larimore — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:54:00 GMT

Hanna , you may well be right that government is the only thing that can save us from this financial crisis. But like Abigail and Bobby Jindal and many of my fellow conservatives, I'm going to maintain a healthy skepticism. Because even if government...(read more)

The Economic Terror Dream

Noreen Malone — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:05:00 GMT

Jessica , I'm not so sure craving the scenario Samantha describes isn't at least a little bit a generational thing (and I think what she's talking about isn't exactly opting out—I don't personally know any fellow Generation Y-ers who say they hope to...(read more)

Poor Little Rich Girl

Hanna Rosin — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:35:00 GMT

Here , under the rubric of "Feel the Crunch," the Times profiles 17-year-old Jodi Hamilton, who has had to give up her $100 allowance and her weekly pilates private. Also, no more takeout sushi. You know where this is going: It's time for the parody....(read more)

EPIC FAILLLLL!!!!!!!????

Moe Tkacik — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:56:00 GMT

Apologies for the caps, but this NINETY EIGHT POINT FONT Drudge EXCLUSIVE about the prediction of one Igor Panarin that the United States was going to collapse and break into six separate nation-states (not including Alaska, which he advises Putin to...(read more)