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 Remembering the regal and gracious Nelson Mandela By Charlayne Hunter-Gault Longtime PBS NewsHour correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault reflects on the first time she interviewed Nelson Mandela, who died Thursday at the age of 95. In this 1990 file photo, Hunter-Gault is seen with Mandela shortly after he was released from… Continue reading
Dec 05 Illinois governor signs state pension reform into law Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law Thursday new legislation that aims to reform the state's underfunded pension system -- a $100 billion unfunded liability that was the worst in the United States. "Illinois is moving forward," Quinn said… 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
Dec 04 It’s no bubble: Why we should all give Bitcoin a chance By Laurence Kotlikoff Our Social Security columnist Larry Kotlikoff and Rob Shavell make an economic argument for Bitcoin. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Rene Walter. Continue reading
Dec 04 It’s No Bubble: Why We Should All Give Bitcoin a Chance By Laurence Kotlikoff By Larry Kotlikoff and Rob Shavell Our Social Security columnist Larry Kotlikoff and Rob Shavell make an economic argument for Bitcoin. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Rene Walter. Most Mondays on Making Sense, we turn to Larry Kotlikoff for… Continue reading