Recession

Those born into Generation Z became evidence of the failing prospects of the American Dream.

But progress on some measures has slowed.

Beware of his boasting—if it's accurate, we may all be in trouble.

If Boomers shift from executive jobs to caregiving, will Millennials get their baby boom?

Armed conflict and economic recession in the Middle East brought an unexpected decline in air pollution, researchers say.

In Greece, there's a link between a weakened economy and mental health.

It seems certain that the political economy textbooks of the future will include a chapter on the experience of Greece in 2015.

Public sector job creation might be lagging because of anti-black sentiment.

A look at how marriage, co-habitation, domestic violence, and birth rates were influenced by the economic struggles of the 2000s.

Casino operators are changing blackjack payouts to give the house an even greater advantage. Is this a sign that Vegas is on its way back from the recession, or that the Strip’s biggest players are trying to squeeze some more cash out of visitors before the well runs dry?

A recent study by the National Employment Law Project gives job creators a failing grade.

New research finds socioeconomic conditions impact the type of songs that become hits, but in opposite ways for pop and country music.

Seventy-five years after its first publication date, The Grapes of Wrath is still a staple in most American classrooms. Is that because we haven’t yet written anything that does a better job of portraying the devastation of not having enough?

And why you can expect more off-color and out-of-touch commentary like Tom Perkins’ op-ed in the Wall Street Journal that warned of a “Progressive Kristallnacht.”

Why the next few years will look—unfortunately—a lot like the last few years.

Production of cultural goods and services took a huge hit with the recession, and has been slow to rebound.

Historically, people in the places hardest hit by recessions pack up and move to greener pastures. But not this time. Why?

Thanks to decades of stagnant wages and the Great Recession, more than half of American working-class households are at risk of being unable to sustain their standard of living past retirement. Duncan Black is trying to change that.

Something so simple can tell us so much about who we value and why.

Consumer spending is up, but we still have far fewer jobs than when the recession started.

New research finds that anxiety caused by the 2008 economic crash led many mothers to switch to a less-nurturing parenting style.

Globalization favors open networks, people who can do business with each other on a minimal amount of trust, and avoids closed networks, the parochial neighborhoods that only look out for their own.

How are young adults coping with a weak job market?

New research attributes more than 10,000 suicides and up to a million cases of depression to the Great Recession.