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Global news with a spatial perspective: Interesting, current supplemental materials for geography students and teachers. http://geographyeducation.org
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New data from Zillow shows fewer homeowners underwater, but the pattern varies widely by geography.
The Sunbelt (especially California and Florida) have the highest percentage of homeowners that are 'underwater' and owe more than the home is worth. Also hit hard are declining metro areas area of the rust belt. Question to ponder: Why would these places be hit the hardest? Delete the scoop?
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This is a great interactive feature focusing on the differential impacts of the economic downturn on particular places. You can zoom in, see county-level data, and slide the time bar at the bottom to get spatiotemporal data. Delete the scoop?
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The plan to save Europe's economies calls for troubled countries to rein in government spending. But economists say austerity by itself won't be enough; there must also be a plan for growth.
Fiscal austerity has now become part of the crisis rather than a solution to it. -Simon Tilford 
Flaviu Feşnic's comment,
October 6, 2012 3:34 PM
artificial crisis.it's the bank system, (vulnerable at speculation), which brought it !
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Which states had the largest change in poverty rates and median household incomes from 2007 to 2010.
Excellent interactive set of maps that you can use to teach economic geography, but with a nice easy way to make the lesson locally relevant. Delete the scoop?
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Using the vocabulary of this course, please describe in detail the geographic context of a town like this (real or imaginary). What is the town like? How did it get that way? What type of meaning does 'place' have for those that live there? Delete the scoop?
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Here is an animated view of the impact of the recession on the United States. It's a fantastic geovisualization of a horrible economic reality. 
Don Brown Jr's comment,
July 26, 2012 9:12 PM
This map vividly shows how hard the recession is hitting state economies, yet I can’t help but notice that orange strip in the Dakota, Nebraska area and I’m unsure what kind of economy these states have? However, I do know that if it’s related to agriculture they will likely get a shade darker if this drought continues.
Brandon Murphy's comment,
August 7, 2012 11:48 PM
It's quite interesting to see the areas of which the local economies are supposedly starting to turn around and what the numbers actually show.
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Not every place and every citizen has been affected by the recession the same way...
For the Unemployed, Geography Can Be Destiny by Richard Florida. This article highlights the uneven distribution of unemployment, and consequently, of job availability. Where is unemployment highest? How come? Getting a job isn't just about what you know and who you know, but where you know it. Delete the scoop?
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It looks like the world has ended. There is almost nothing left,