Showing posts with label Unemployment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Unemployment. Show all posts
Monday, October 10, 2022

Richard V. Reeves, Of Boys and Men

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At Amazon, Richard V. Reeves, Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It .
Thursday, April 28, 2022

U.S. Economy Shrank 1.4 Percent in Weakest Quarter Since 2020

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Let's Go Brandon! At the Wall Street Journal , " U.S. GDP Falls 1.4% as Economy Shrinks for First Time Since Early in Pandemic &quo...
Saturday, April 16, 2022

Several Million U.S. Workers Seen Staying Out of Labor Force Indefinitely

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Well that's no good, sheesh. At the Wall Street Journal, " Survey shows many labor-force dropouts plan to maintain social distancin...
Monday, March 7, 2022

As Soon as Political Outsider Takes Office We Have Cheap Gas, Cheap Food, Become Energy Independent, and No Wars

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Via Instapundit, " YEAH, PRETTY MUCH ":
Sunday, January 31, 2021

California's Employment Development Department Was Completed Unprepared for the Flood of New Claims During the Pandemic, And It's a Scandal of Lessons Not Learned During Earlier Crises, Such as the 'Great Recession'

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Boy, is it ever a scandal.  While New York is no doubt the worst state in its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, the once-Go...
Saturday, January 16, 2021

Eat it! Eat It! No One Can Be Defeated, LOL!

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At Instapundit, " ONE YEAR AGO ":
Friday, August 7, 2020

Pelosi Lashes Out at Judy Woodruff During PBS Interview

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At Weasel Zippers, " Pelosi Lashes Out at PBS’ Judy Woodruff During Interview, Suggests Anchor Is a GOP ‘Advocate’ ." There's...
Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Louis Hyman, Temp

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This book is great! At Amazon, Louis Hyman, Temp: How American Work, American Business, and the American Dream Became Temporary .
Saturday, March 9, 2019

Workers Suddenly Have More Power

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At WaPo, the Trump economy is helping the working class proletariat lol. Workers suddenly have more power to demand higher pay and better j...
Friday, March 1, 2019

Isabel Sawhill, The Forgotten Americans

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*BUMPED.* At Amazon, Isabel Sawhill, The Forgotten Americans: An Economic Agenda for a Divided Nation .
Thursday, January 24, 2019

What Conservatives Get Wrong About Labor Markets

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I've blogged Oren Cass's new book, The Once and Future Worker: A Vision for the Renewal of Work in America . I haven't read it...
Monday, November 26, 2018

Oren Cass, The Once and Future Worker

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*BUMPED.* At Amazon, Oren Cass, The Once and Future Worker: A Vision for the Renewal of Work in America .
Saturday, September 15, 2018

The U.S. Financial Crisis, Leading to the Great Recession, Hit Ten Years Ago Today

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Here's the story, at LAT, " The financial crisis hit 10 years ago. For some, it feels like yesterday ." And from Adam Tooze,...
Monday, April 30, 2018

Our 'Cry Closet' Education System

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The University of Utah has installed a " cry closet " for students to let it all out during finals week. Funny, I don't reme...
Thursday, January 25, 2018

America's Extreme Poverty

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From Professor Angus Deaton, at the New York Times, " The U.S. Can No Longer Hide From Its Deep Poverty Problem ": This is a h...
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Thursday, January 18, 2018

Minority Unemployment at the Lowest Levels on Record

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If voters truly vote their pocketbook, then President Trump should be a shoo-in for reelection in 2020. Alas, I doubt the economic models of...
Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Paintsville, Kentucky: When Government Tried to Fix a Coal Town (VIDEO)

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Here's the lovely Kelsey Harkness, at the Daily Signal, " Underreported: What Happened When Government Tried to Fix a Coal Town .&q...
Saturday, July 1, 2017

Challenges for American Workers

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At USA Today, " Why does American work feel so bad? "
Tuesday, April 19, 2016

$15 Minimum Wage Cruelty (VIDEO)

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This is great. Via ReasonTV:
Sunday, November 8, 2015

We're Headed for an Economic Civil War

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From Joel Kotkin, at the Daily Beast, " Are We Heading for An Economic Civil War? ": Forget that red state-blue state stuff. The...