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Road to Recovery?

Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research; Nariman Behravesh, chief economist at financial analysis and forecasting firm IHS Global Insight and author of Spin Free Economics; and Marisa Di Natale, senior economist at Moody’s Economy.com, discuss some of the hopeful and not-so-hopeful economic signs out there, and which indicators really matter.

When will you know we're on the road to recovery? Comment below!

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Cityscapes: Green Architecture

The April series, done in collaboration with the WNYC Culture department's new project on the changing NYC architectural environment, continues. The New Yorker's architecture critic Paul Goldberger is joined by Stephen Cassell, of Architecture Research Office LLC, who also advises the city's green task force on sustainable architecture.

Check Out Videos, Blog Posts, and More at the Cityscapes Home Page!

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Show Me The Money

Earlier this week New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced charges against financier J. Ezra Merkin in connection with the Madoff case. Amir Efrati, a reporter with the Wall Street Journal, talks about the charges against Merkin, the latest in the Madoff case, what is known about the missing billions of dollars, and why so many charities lost so much money.

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Open Phones: Passover and Easter Extras

Are you celebrating Passover or Lent in your own way?

Jews: What’s the FIFTH Passover question for 2009?

Christians: What did you give up for Lent that fits the times?

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YUEI: Street Art

There have been a few recent submissions (1, 2, 3, 4) to the Uncommon Economic Indicators project highlighting economic-themed graffiti and street art. Marc Schiller and Sarah Schiller, founders of the Wooster Collective, a website dedicated to showcasing street art from around the world, discuss the role of public art (or is it vandalism?) is playing in the current economic climate.

Are you seeing more street art/graffiti? What's your favorite piece of street art? Is there even such a thing as street art or is it all vandalism to you? Comment below!

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