Making Sen$e Jun 28 Column: Working parents have two jobs — and both are important to the economy By Denise Cummins
Economy Jun 27 Does being paid hourly vs. yearly change how you save? According to a well-established psychological theory known as “construal theory,” the answer is yes. By Dan Ariely, Aaron Nichols
Nation Dec 08 Good news for the Affordable Care Act in jobs reports In the wake of November's jobs report, Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, argues that the Affordable Care Act is allowing more young parents to choose to stay at home with their kids. By Dean Baker
Nation Nov 09 If the economic news is good, why did voters say it’s bad? Two-thirds of voters told exit pollsters last week that the economy was getting worse. And yet, Friday's jobs report marked the ninth straight month of job gains over 200,000 and the lowest unemployment rate since the summer of 2008. By Simone Pathe
Nation Oct 06 What it’s really like to be an Uber driver You've heard about Uber taking business away from traditional taxicab drivers, and their ire toward the competition. But what is it like to drive an Uber, specifically your own car as an UberX? The drivers Making Sen$e spoke to gave… By Making Sen$e Editor
Sep 05 Noisy data aside, the big question from August’s jobs report is who’s dropping out of the workforce? By Simone Pathe The economy added a fewer than expected 142,000 jobs last month -- the lowest monthly gain of the year. But the unemployment rate ticked down to 6.1 percent, which is good news, right? Maybe not. That all depends on who's… Continue reading
Sep 01 Watch More part-time workers suffer instability, long hours to make ends meet By PBS NewsHour As employers seek more control over labor costs, the number of part-time jobs has soared in the post-great recession period. But increasingly erratic work schedules -- an attempt to squeeze maximum efficiency from every part-timer -- has taken a toll… Continue watching
Sep 01 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. Continue reading