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The high cost of labor efficiency -- and the 'Good Jobs' alternative

By Zeynep Ton

What do Costco, Trader Joe's, QuickTrip and Spanish supermarket Mercadona have in common? They treat labor as assets, says Zeynep Ton, author of "The Good Jobs Strategy," and therefore, avoid even bigger costs than labor.

Obama delivers Labor Day pep talk, renews push for raising minimum wage

By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Boosted by recent economic gains, President Barack Obama is sounding more bullish about the nation's recovery from the Great Recession and the White House is encouraging Democrats to show similar optimism as they head into the November mid-term…

The Labor Day lessons of Market Basket

By Christopher Mackin

On Labor Day, worker ownership adviser Christopher Mackin reflects on the unprecedented solidarity between Market Basket workers, managers and customers and looks forward to where the company is headed after the reinstatement of beloved CEO Arthur T. Demoulas.

Why the backlash against adjuncts is an indictment of the tenure system

By Denise Cummins

Psychologist Denise Cummins, who has held faculty and research positions at Yale and the University of Illinois, draws upon her own career to argue that tenure is a meaningless distinction between the accomplishments of adjuncts and full-time professors.

8 lessons we learned from our first jobs

By Liza Kaufman Hogan, Next Avenue

In honor of Labor Day, Next Avenue asked their readers to share what they learned the first time they earned a paycheck.

The real financial monster: low interest rates

By Terry Burnham

At an economic conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, last week, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the central bank is awaiting more recovery in the labor market before deciding when to raise interest rates. That was bad news for economist…

Why you have the right to a $5K dividend from Uncle Sam

By Peter Barnes

Unless we change our distribution of non-labor income, we can kiss our middle class goodbye, says entrepreneur Peter Barnes. In his new book, "With Liberty and Dividends for All," Barnes proposes a nationwide dividend program, like Alaska's, that would help…

How American companies change their address to avoid corporate taxes

By PBS News Hour

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Is my Social Security check fair?

By Laurence Kotlikoff

You've spent decades paying taxes on your earnings to fund your own Social Security benefit, but when your higher-earning spouse dies, you start receiving spousal benefits that wipe out your own, albeit smaller, retirement benefit. Is that a fair deal?…