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Top analysts find government action saved U.S. economy

By | 07.28.10 | 2:05 pm

In a new paper released Wednesday, entitled “How the Great Recession Was Brought to an End,” prominent economists Alan Blinder and Mark Zandi say the stimulus, stress tests, emergency Federal Reserve maneuvers and Troubled Asset Relief Program saved the…

WATCH: Mint’s machine gun target of U.S. bank failures

By | 06.21.10 | 3:53 pm

Mint, a personal finance software site, posted one of those time-span graphics that have become the rage in documenting the ravages of the recession. There was the dramatic Slate unemployment map posted in December. Now Mint has made…