Dec 09 The day Reagan’s labor secretary admitted he was wrong about inequality // Reporting on the release of the monthly jobs numbers last Friday, we spoke with Northeastern University political economist Barry Bluestone about what he called generally good news: 200,000 people back to work and the unemployment rate… Continue reading
Dec 09 The Day Reagan’s Labor Secretary Admitted He Was Wrong About Inequality Reporting on the release of the monthly jobs numbers last Friday, we spoke with Northeastern University political economist Barry Bluestone about what he called generally good news: 200,000 people back to work and the unemployment… Continue reading
Dec 09 Boomers Beware: Are Online Social Security Benefit Calculators Safe? By Laurence Kotlikoff By Larry Kotlikoff Not understanding what you're inputting to an online Social Security benefit calculator could result in a wildly inaccurate benefit estimate. Photo courtesy of Kick Images via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his… Continue reading
Dec 09 Boomers beware: Are online Social Security benefit calculators safe? By Laurence Kotlikoff Not understanding what you're inputting to an online Social Security benefit calculator could result in a wildly inaccurate benefit estimate. Photo courtesy of Kick Images via Getty Images. Continue reading
Dec 06 Why people with jobs should want other people to have them too Lower unemployment isn't just a good sign for those looking for work; fuller employment also brings economic benefits to workers already employed. Dean Baker and Jared Bernstein explain. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. Continue reading
Dec 06 Why People with Jobs Should Want Other People to Have Them Too By Dean Baker and Jared Bernstein Lower unemployment isn't just a good sign for those looking for work; fuller employment also brings economic benefits to workers already employed. Dean Baker and Jared Bernstein explain. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. The… Continue reading
Dec 06 At November’s pace, 5 percent unemployment by the end of Obama’s second term By Paul Solman November's jobs report painted a rosier view of the economy, and if job growth continued at the same pace -- or even slightly less -- the unemployment rate would fall to 5 percent by the end of President Barack Obama's… Continue reading
Dec 06 At November’s Pace, 5 Percent Unemployment by the End of Obama’s Second Term By Paul Solman By Paul Solman Our "Solman Scale" measures the "U-7," adding to the officially unemployed part-timers looking for full-time work and "discouraged" workers -- everyone who didn't look for a job in the past week but says they want one. 203,000… Continue reading
Dec 05 Why the US and China inspire hope for international climate change action By Robert N. Stavins Protesters assemble outside the 19th Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Warsaw, Poland, late last month. What the conference achieved -- and avoided -- and an emerging convergence between the world's two biggest… Continue reading
Dec 05 Why the US and China Inspire Hope for International Climate Change Action By Robert Stavins Protesters assemble outside the 19th Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Warsaw, Poland, late last month. What the conference achieved — and avoided — and an emerging convergence between the world’s two biggest… Continue reading