Jordan Weissmann

How the auto and real estate industries can make and break the economy More »

A University of Texas economist argues that those who can afford to do everything are stressed because they can never have the time to do it all. More »

Having already received $249 million in federal money, advanced battery maker A123 Systems has just five months of cash left to burn. More »

While the rest of the job market idles, food services is booming More »

Schools alone have let go more than 100,000 workers More »

In California, a venture capital fund wants to help local governments seize mortgages from banks and give borrowers a break. Who cares if investors would get rich? The housing market might get healthy. More »

Don't believe the hype: Nobody has figured out how to replace traditional higher education yet, and they're not about to. More »

The music industry's crusade to stop a second-hand market for digital downloads is about more than technophobia More »

Why the only way to ensure we spend less on oil in the future is to use less. More »

Even without the cover of Fox News, Rupert Murdoch's beloved newspapers are still in better financial shape than their More »

Its easy to poke fun at Apple's naysayers in retrospect, but perhaps we shouldn't be so quick to judge. More »

By striking down part of Obamacare's Medicaid expansion, the court may have set the stage for new limits on federal power. More »

Great for hospitals, terrible for insurers. More »

Saying we could be oil independent is just a nice way of saying we'll still be oil dependent. More »

A University of Chicago survey finds academics skeptical about Republican orthodoxy. More »

This is your economy on austerity. More »

One chart, three major trends that have reshaped our economy. More »

Apple's retail sales force should unionize -- for their own sake, and maybe the country's. More »

Nobody wants to pay for their products. More »

Looking back at when the apparel industry made offshoring trendy. More »