Business and Economy , National
When economic downturn hits... What's your backup plan?
By Adnaan Wasey
April 29, 2008, 03:21 PM
The government has stepped in with an economic stimulus plan that returns $168 billion to taxpayers. The Federal Reserve continues to cut interest rates. Consumer confidence is at a five-year-low. And unemployment is at a two-year high. What's your plan to make ends meet when an economic downturn hits you?
mytake@thetakeaway.org | 1-877-8-MY-TAKE
This is a different kind of radio show. You are a big part of it. Send us your story and we'll read or play back the best of them on air.
Here's how:
Leave a message for John and Adaora on our SpinVox line — 1-877-8-MY-TAKE (1-877-869-8253)
Email us from your computer or phone — mytake@thetakeaway.org.
Or click on "get in the mix" to add your story to our Web site.
More on Business and Economy
More on National
- The price of food has a human cost
- Mornings need a make over. What would you change?
- Investigative report: Hastiness in natural gas drilling jeopardizes local water
- The Takeaway for July 24, 2008
- "The Measure of America" finds disparities in our standards of living
- The X-Men reach a not-so-uncanny milestone: a 500th issue
- Abiraterone shows promise in prostate cancer fight, Dimebon for Alzheimer’s
- The Takeaway for July 23, 2008
- The songs that torture us
- Exploring the connection between public housing demolition and rising crime rates
The show is a co-production of WNYC Radio and Public Radio International,
in collaboration with The BBC World Service, New York Times Radio and WGBH Boston.
