Tag Archives: Black Unemployment

Africana, Analysis, Black Lives Matter

#Precariat: a new social class in America’s new normal: African-American edition | #Black#Economy on Blog#42

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Analysis, Economics

Jared Bernstein and others on our economic outlook, the Fed, unemployment and #FedUp | Blog#42

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This collection of analyses focuses on the outlook for employment for our precariat in the near term.

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Analysis

Bernie Sanders’ approaches to institutional racism, brutality & inequality parallel MLK’s | Blog#42

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Bernie Sanders has given a flurry of speeches throughout the Deep South. One of them was to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Bernie Sanders was on Meet The Press with Chuck Todd on Sunday, Continue reading Bernie Sanders’ approaches to institutional racism, brutality & inequality parallel MLK’s | Blog#42 →

Economics

Jared Bernstein: CBPP Forum: Full Employment

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Our full employment event…the video!

March 31st, 2015 at 10:14 am

Watch it here, where ‘it’ is the event CBPP ran yesterday for our full employment project. Ben Bernanke–now a fellow blogger(!)–gave a great keynote speech wherein he made a connection that I view as very important: adding an international dimension to the secular stagnation discussion.

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Economics

US unemployment at lowest since 2008 – but young people still can’t find work

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On Friday, the jobless rate dropped to 5.5%, the lowest in seven years. But youth unemployment is rising – and some young people need all the help they can get

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