Economist muses on cause, solutions to jobless recovery Fairfax, Va.— V, U, W, L. The first slide of professor Tyler Cowen’s presentation on the recent financial crisis appeared as if it were an eye doctor’s chart. Cowen explained these letters are actually shapes that appear in economic data graphs during a recession, mentioning that the […]
Does Journalism Need a Blood Transfusion?
August 8, 2010
Panel of experts address deepening crisis facing old media The news media is on life-support and beginning to flat-line. Tremendous ad revenue losses, spurred by a public who increasingly refuse to pay for content, has resulted in consumers being less likely to view traditional media as an authoritative source on all matters. Not so fast, […]