Sep 19 Gauging America’s Economic Mood EmbedVideo(568, 514, 320); Watch 'Tracking Inflation: How Fast Are Prices Rising?' The email tale below refers to a story of ours on inflation from a while back in which MIT economics professor Roberto Rigobon explained that inflation was… Continue reading
Sep 16 Does the U.S. Need Full Employment? And Other Questions EmbedVideo(1393, 514, 320); Watch 'Can America's Jobless Fill America's Jobs?' Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Friday's query: The flood of… Continue reading
Sep 15 How Badly are Fear, Finite Resources Hurting the U.S.? Image of hazard symbols for weapons of mass destruction -- radiation, biological and deadly -- by Wikimedia user Fastfission via Wikimedia Commons. Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days… Continue reading
Sep 14 Is There Anything Funny About America’s Jobs Problem? Political cartoon of "Job Creators" by Bob Englehart. Reproduced with permission from Daryl Cagle's PoliticalCartoons.com. Editor's Note: Definitely not. We've been reporting on jobs (and the lack of them) quite a bit lately -- why technology hasn't… Continue reading
Sep 13 Why Hasn’t Technology Created More American Jobs? A woman from Argonne National Laboratory discusses science and technology careers with 350 Chicago-area high schoolers. Photo by Argonne National Laboratory via Flickr Creative Commons. Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic… Continue reading
Sep 12 Will the American Jobs Act Create Jobs? President Obama holds up a copy of the American Jobs Act with Vice President Joseph Biden surrounded by teachers, police officers, construction workers and small business owners in the Rose Garden of the White House on Monday, Sept. 12,… Continue reading
Sep 09 Job Seekers React to President Obama’s Speech President Obama addresses a joint session of Congress Thursday to preview his jobs plan. A day after President Obama's big jobs speech, we checked back in with a group of unemployed Chicago-area workers to get their reaction… 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 job. 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 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