The Fed, full employment, African-Americans, and an event that brings it all together
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Tag Archives: #Jobs
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!
Selma
We have come this far. We have farther to go. Together. Continue reading Selma
US unemployment at lowest since 2008 – but young people still can’t find work
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
Continue reading US unemployment at lowest since 2008 – but young people still can’t find work
Jared Bernstein analyses: #jobs, #pay, inflation, and the #TPP
I’m a bit behind on curating Jared Bernstein’s posts. I am merging three separate, but related, posts from the past week into one long blog. Continue reading Jared Bernstein analyses: #jobs, #pay, inflation, and the #TPP
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
On Doug Belkin: Test Finds College Graduates Lack Skills for White-Collar Jobs
By DOUGLAS BELKIN
Updated Jan. 16, 2015
Four in 10 U.S. college students graduate without the complex reasoning skills to manage white-collar work, according to the results of a test of nearly 32,000 students.
Continue reading On Doug Belkin: Test Finds College Graduates Lack Skills for White-Collar Jobs
Jared Bernstein: A deeper dive into the weeds of the CBO household income data
Jared Bernstein
November 25, 2014
Yesterday, I published a report by myself and Ben Spielberg analyzing the Congressional Budget Office’s comprehensive data series on household income. Here we dive a bit deeper into some of the weeds, expanding on some of our findings.
One motivation for our report was to correct the record of those who claim that the trend of increasing income inequality is significantly reduced when accounting for government taxes and transfers. In fact, as we show, between 1979 and 2011, inequality measured by the Gini coefficient rose 24% based solely on market outcomes and by 22% based on CBO’s comprehensive, post-tax and transfer income data.
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Take this Hammer: James Baldwin in Oakland, 1963
When people think of James Baldwin, they think of Go Tell It On The Mountain, The Fire Next Time, or Giovanni’s Room.
They might think of his articles for The New Yorker. They wouldn’t readily think of him as a documentarian. He was that too! Continue reading Take this Hammer: James Baldwin in Oakland, 1963
How Much Does #Immigration Increase Poverty? Less than Robert Samuelson Thinks it Does
Jared Bernstein
November 17, 2014
November 17, 2014
It is a common mistake to overestimate the contribution of immigration to the increase in poverty. Today’s purveyor of this erroneous association is the WaPo’s Robert Samuelson, who writes in the context of a discussion about immigration reform: