Need a Job? What a Laugh!

So who actually is hiring? New grads might look at the Container Store, Target, UPS, and Starbucks, according to Kiplingers. It’s not Wall Street money, but it’s something.

More Recession Porn, via the Art Auction World

Another sad tale of recession porn, via the Economist: Art collectors just aren’t speculating like they used to, and fine art auction houses in New York, London, and beyond are suffering. One curator’s sale, which fetched $144.5 million last June, is only expected to bring in around $65 million this year. How are people going [...]

Recession Porn? Guess I’m a Thrifty Larry Flynt

A new media genre has been born: recession porn. We can’t get enough of stories about how the recession is affecting people–rich folks especially. Why the fascination?