Walmart opened its stores at 6 p.m. I drove by the Irvine Supercenter at 8:00 p.m and found barricades Continue reading Barricades for non-existent hordes | Wages, Jobs & #BlackFriday on Blog#42
Tag Archives: 99ers
Open letter to @SenSanders: pick a running mate now! | #FeelTheBern on Blog#42
Dear Senator Sanders,
I decided to write this open letter Continue reading Open letter to @SenSanders: pick a running mate now! | #FeelTheBern on Blog#42
Jared Bernstein on #jobs and how numbers are calculated | #Unemployment on Blog#42
How are jobs numbers counted? How does that affect monetary decisions which affect the creation or loss of jobs? Continue reading Jared Bernstein on #jobs and how numbers are calculated | #Unemployment on Blog#42
Precariat: a new social class in America’s new normal | #Economics on Blog#42
I’ve been writing and commenting on the new economy for the better part of the last six years. Continue reading Precariat: a new social class in America’s new normal | #Economics on Blog#42
The psychological price of long-term #unemployment | Blog#42
Science Agrees: Being Laid Off Is Terrible — The Atlantic
New research from England suggests that cutbacks can lead to lasting trust issues.
Continue reading The psychological price of long-term #unemployment | Blog#42
Dear @MotherJones: Patti Murray is not a Progressive – replacing #HarryReid
Dear Patrick Caldwell,
While I would much prefer to see Senator Warren run for president, she would be best placed to replace Harry Reid, and she would set the progressive tone voters want and keep her fellow Democrats in line. Continue reading Dear @MotherJones: Patti Murray is not a Progressive – replacing #HarryReid
Selma50: Black Lives Matter, Moral Monday, NAACP, unite!
Tony Robinson was shot to death by a Madison, Wisconsin policeman on the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of the March in Selma. Continue reading Selma50: Black Lives Matter, Moral Monday, NAACP, unite!
Where jobs, wages and the economy really are
First, the Huffington Post’s assessment:
For Some Who Are Back At Work, Positive Jobs Report Doesn’t Tell The Full Story
Continue reading Where jobs, wages and the economy really are
Over 50 and once successful, jobless Americans seek support groups to help where Congress has failed | Money | The Guardian
Friday 7 November 2014
When she lost her job, Lisa Casino-Schuetz fell into a depression. Then she felt the deepest fear she had ever experienced. Continue reading Over 50 and once successful, jobless Americans seek support groups to help where Congress has failed | Money | The Guardian
Jared Bernstein: A win-win approach to increase the future labor force
Other than supply and demand, the U.S. economy is doing fine.
Continue reading Jared Bernstein: A win-win approach to increase the future labor force