Jan 22 AI and robots are displacing science and tech workers. The question is: How quickly? By David Deming The growth of high-paying science, technology, engineering and math jobs has declined slightly in recent years due to automation. Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch 3:53 News Wrap: Deep South hit by snowstorm By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, as much as 6 inches of snow fell from Texas to Georgia. Thousands lost power, flights were cancelled and traffic slowed to a crawl in many places. Also, the U.S. economy had a strong November… Continue watching
Nov 03 Watch 4:13 News Wrap: Economy rebounds after stormy September By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the U.S. economy rebounded in October after hurricanes pounded the South in September. The Labor Department reports U.S. employers added a net of 261,000 jobs to the economy and the unemployment rate fell to the… Continue watching
Oct 06 The unemployment rate and jobs total went down? What’s up? By Paul Solman The unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 percent in September, while the economy lost 33,000 jobs, according to the monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest jobs report. Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch 7:05 Job training and community college put coal miners on a new path By PBS News Hour Coal miners in the heart of Appalachia face unemployment and uncertainty as the expansion of automation and natural gas threatens the industry that’s been an economic bedrock. But a West Virginia nonprofit matches displaced workers to sustainable jobs in agriculture… Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch 8:47 How coming clean about financial struggle — and counseling others — became a calling By PBS News Hour Despite a prestigious career and graduate degrees from top schools, Elizabeth White stood at the edge of a financial cliff for many years following the Great Recession. Author of “55, Unemployed, and Faking Normal,” White is among many who have… Continue watching
Sep 04 Watch 6:16 Has Trump been a friend to workers or just good for business? By PBS News Hour President Trump ran on a platform of job creation and drew support from many blue-collar workers concerned about employment and stagnant wages. So how is the president doing in keeping his promise to revitalize jobs in America? William Brangham talks… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 9:13 Are we on the brink of a jobless future? By PBS News Hour Futurologists have been predicting the automation armageddon -- robots replacing human workers -- for decades. Has the future finally arrived? Economics correspondent Paul Solman visits Silicon Valley to talk with leading tech thinkers and computer scientists about whether humanity is… Continue watching
Aug 31 Column: Robots won’t steal all our jobs, if employers and workers adapt By Paul Osterman Our obsession with robots and automation is leading us to overlook challenges and opportunities that could grow the U.S. workforce and create quality jobs. Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch 5:52 After years of slow recovery, U.S. economy boasts solid gains By PBS News Hour July was the second straight month of solid gains for U.S. employers, who added 209,000 jobs, according to the Labor Department. Mark Vitner of Wells Fargo joins Judy Woodruff to discuss what it means for the job market, the stock… Continue watching