The economic collapse has knocked hard and fast against many of the underpinnings of the middle class: homeownership, education, healthcare, employment and retirement, and against the economy of northeast Ohio in general. But it also has escalated change in the way we approach our individual economies and the way we, as a region, approach the bigger economy. This site is a service of WKSU public radio, the Akron Beacon Journal and The Center for Community Solutions. It's devoted to examining the challenge to personal and regional economies, and connecting you and others in the discussion of solutions. Sponsors: 
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 | The Amish and National Lampoon...March 10, 2010
...not elements you would usually pair in the same news story
Story by Tim Rudell
But, they are indeed tied together in the complex tale of a troubled Northeast Ohio company called Fair Finance....and how the decades old seller of investment certificates changed after a new owner, once high-flying Indianapolis entrepreneur Tim Durham, took overOther options:
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| "Education: Is there still a return on this investment? " - 02/23/2010
Stacy Stevenson
A New York Times article about the current economic status of the class...
More | | | | "Ohio Policymakers Need to ‘Think the Unthinkable’ to Fix Next State Budget" - 06/24/2010
By John A. Begala
Ohio’s elected officials are faced with the prospect of having to
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