Sep 08 What Job Seekers Are Hoping to Hear in Obama’s Jobs Speech When President Obama outlines his jobs plan Thursday evening before a joint session of Congress, many of America's unemployed will be listening for specifics that will help them out of the unemployment line and into a job. Continue reading
Sep 08 What Job Seekers Are Hoping to Hear in Obama’s Jobs Speech When President Obama outlines his jobs plan Thursday evening before a joint session of Congress, many of America's unemployed will be listening for specifics that will help them out of the unemployment line and into a… Continue reading
Sep 08 More and More Job Openings Going Unfilled A number of viewers were struck by our story last Friday on the question over current U.S. unemployment: is it more nearly structural or cyclical in nature? That is, are we simply in a down cycle, a recession… Continue reading
Sep 08 More and More Job Openings Going Unfilled A number of viewers were struck by our story last Friday on the question over current U.S. unemployment: is it more nearly structural or cyclical in nature? That is, are we simply in a down cycle,… Continue reading
Sep 07 Why Alan Krueger Is An Interesting Fit for White House Photo of Alan Krueger by Ralph Alswang via flickr user Center for American Progress on April 30, 2010. Alan Krueger of Princeton is President Obama's choice for head of the Council of Economic Advisors. That doesn't mean he… Continue reading
Sep 07 Making Sense: Why Alan Krueger Is An Interesting Fit for the White House Photo of Alan Krueger by Ralph Alswang via flickr user Center for American Progress on April 30, 2010. Alan Krueger of Princeton is President Obama's choice for head of the Council of Economic Advisors. That doesn't mean he… Continue reading
Sep 06 Is Unemployment Caused by a Skills Mismatch? EmbedVideo(1406, 514, 320); Editor's Note: Friday's story, "Can America's Jobless Fill American Jobs?" looked at the extent to which high unemployment is structural, and the extent to which it is cyclical. Zachary Karabell of economic research… Continue reading
Sep 06 Is Unemployment Caused by a Skills Mismatch? EmbedVideo(1406, 482, 304); Editor's Note: Friday's story, "Can America's Jobless Fill American Jobs?" looked at the extent to which high unemployment is structural, and the extent to which it is cyclical. Zachary Karabell of economic research… Continue reading
Sep 02 Watch Can America’s Jobless Fill American Jobs? With the U.S. unemployment rate stuck around 9 percent, economics correspondent Paul Solman explores whether widespread joblessness is simply the result of a weak economy or if a broader shift toward higher-skill work is occurring that could leave many Americans… Continue watching
Sep 02 August Jobs Numbers Spell Bad News for Long-Term Growth Not good. Friday's job numbers, that is. Yes, there was an extenuating event: 48,000 or so Verizon workers walked off the job during August, and they're in the data as job losses, it seems. But the consensus forecast,… Continue reading