Economic Crisis Is Getting Bloody

Violent Deaths Are Now Following Evictions, Foreclosures and Job Losses

Despite ever rosier economic predictions and a surging stock market, the body count from the economic crisis is destined only to grow in the weeks and months ahead.

In 2007, Jason Rodriguez was fired from his position at an Orlando, Florida engineering firm and ended up taking a job as a "sandwich artist" at a Subway restaurant. His salary was cut nearly in half and his debts mounted until, last May, he filed for bankruptcy, listing his assets at ... Full Story »

Posted by Patricia Blochowiak
Tags Help
Subjects: U.S., Business
Topics: U.S. Economy, Jobs
Member Tags: Deaths
Stats Help
# Diggs: 1 (as of 2009-11-21)
# Tweets: 9 (as of 2009-11-21)
Editorial Help
Posted by: Posted by Patricia Blochowiak - Nov 21, 2009 - 10:06 PM PST
Reviewed by: Fabrice Florin (review)
Content Type: Article
Edit Lock: This story can be edited
Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Nov 22, 2009 - 11:47 AM PST

Reviews

Show All | Notes | Comments | Quotes | Links
Fabrice Florin
3.5
by Fabrice Florin - Nov. 22, 2009

Interesting opinion about an increase in violent deaths resulting from financial stress, by the associate editor of TomDispatch. Though the author provides some factual evidence to support his point, I find the overall article to be a bit alarmist, particularly its conclusions that the government is willfully ignoring this trend.

See Full Review » (11 answers)

Comments on this story Help (BETA)

NT Rating | My Rating

Ratings

3.5

not enough reviews
from 1 review (19% confidence)
Quality
3.5
Information
4.0
Insight
3.0
Style
3.0
Context
4.0
Expertise
3.0
Originality
4.0
Relevance
4.0
Responsibility
3.0
Popularity
3.4
Recommendation
3.0
Credibility
4.0
# Reviews
1.0
# Views
5.0
# Likes
1.0
# Emails
1.0
More
How our ratings work »
(See these related stories.)

Links Help

No links yet. Please review this story to add some!