Depressions and economic downturns in science fiction movies and books: Unlike most politicians, science fiction tales offer a wide range of solutions to economic peril: everything from time-travel-enhanced investments to interstellar hypercapitalism. And yet at the heart of even the most Utopian solution to financial collapse there lurks a tale of human self-destructiveness, a not-so-buried wish to see the species destroyed or enslaved for its economic choices. Do our ... Read full entry

A collection of advisory videos offering tips for making it through the current economic slowdown. To be taken with a pinch of salt... if you can afford it, that is. It seems you can't turn on your television, listen to the radio, or read the newspaper these days without hearing some new story about another bank collapse or whole neighborhoods getting decimated by foreclosures. We hate to ruin your ... Read full entry

Tech feels first pinch of global downturn While not everyone's favourite Tech company, Microsoft shares are a good bet in times of looming recession and economic downturn. Although it certainly has a large enterprise business, Microsoft may still be a good bet in uncertain times, Jeffries analyst Katherine Egbert said in a research note on Monday. "Seek safety in Microsoft's numbers," Egbert said, noting that, following its recent decline, Microsoft ... Read full entry