When in doubt, we generally assume that corporations are evil. Aside from being clever marketers with a sense of humor, they are the most readily available symbol of everything that’s wrong with the world. An annual report by Ethisphere, though, claims that companies can be moral pioneers in their hometowns and across the globe. So, [...]

If Detroit is ground zero of our current financial disaster, then Kevin Bauman is one of its most committed documentarians. Since the mid-90s he’s been taking photographs of abandoned houses in his hometown, while its population has fallen by over one million. His website 100 Abandoned Houses highlights the most beautiful (and depressing) results of [...]

Amid all the economic doom and gloom, maybe we should be looking to financial films for some advice on dealing with white-collar crime and unethical business practices. mental_floss does just that in their listicle of 5 Movies About Underhanded Financial Shenanigans. Our favorite is undoubtedly the Dan Akroyd-Eddie Murphy class reversal comedy Trading Places:

A mere two days after the owner of the Chicago Sun-Times filed for bankruptcy, it seems appropriate that Future of Classic should offer us a list commemorating the various heydays of print media in movies. Frankly, we’re impressed they included Zodiac and Citizen Kane in their listicle of 5 Films Starring the Power of Print. [...]

If you were outraged by the sums dolled out as bonuses to AIG and Merrill Lynch employees, then you’ll likely feel similarly offended by the annual salaries of some medium- to high-profile politicians. Like Brian Cowen (seen on T-shirts at right), the current Taoiseach (a fancy word for head of government) of Ireland, who makes [...]

As you’ve likely heard, between enforced mergers, massive layoffs and its interim CEO Frederick A. Henderson saying this morning that bankruptcy was “probable,” General Motors is in some mighty hot water. And though we’re scared by the idea of the city with the highest unemployment rate in the country losing one of its biggest companies, [...]

Something that hadn’t dawned on us until just now: with stable, wage-earning jobs becoming ever-more scarce, will we suddenly see a sharp increase in dubious and unfounded lawsuits? If so, you’d better get creative because there’s no telling who’ll take you to court over an issue so trifling you that didn’t even know it was [...]

About a week ago we pointed you towards a listicle of New Depression photography, and since then bad financial things have continued to happen. It seems that many people getting laid off – at least those not brawling on the street in the middle of the afternoon – have become photographers.
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Admittedly, recession stories are one of the more tiresome news trends these days. Sadly, strangely, the current financial crisis and global tidal wave of foreclosures also makes for some hauntingly beautiful and eloquent photography opportunities. Boston.com rounded up a terrific collection of 35 Sad Photographs of the Recession, our favorite of which is David McNew’s [...]

It’s awful easy to write about Republicans with gazillions invested in various super-shady enterprises and ventures, but it’s a little less cathartic and satisfying to hear about the various multi-millionaires in the Obama administration. Like Susan Rice (at right), our ambassador to the U.N., who has something between $14 million and $41 million, in addition [...]