April 2009
Oregon's $18 billion underground economy is exploding as the recession pushes more transactions under the table.
The magazine staff each month waits for the state to release its latest unemployment figures, whistling past the graveyard a bit by guessing what the new percentage will be.
Even before stock markets plunged and banks went bust, independent bookstores were closing their doors for good. But not Powell’s Books.
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