Hillary Clinton gave her long-awaited economic speech this week. Continue reading Blog#42: in-depth analysis of Hillary Clinton’s economic speech
Tag Archives: #Unemployment
Report: The Class of 2015: #Employment outlook | EPI | Blog#42
By Alyssa Davis, Will Kimball, and Elise Gould | May 27, 2015
Introduction and key findings
The Great Recession has had lasting effects on employment prospects of young people entering the workforce after graduating from high school or college. Continue reading Report: The Class of 2015: #Employment outlook | EPI | Blog#42
Richard J. Eskow (@RJEskow): The Left Matters – Now, More Than Ever | Progressive voices on Blog#42
May 22, 2015
Some leading Democrats seem to have a love-hate relationship with the left. Sure, progressives seem to have more influence than ever in the party this year, at least rhetorically. But it doesn’t look like the friction will be going away any time soon. Continue reading Richard J. Eskow (@RJEskow): The Left Matters – Now, More Than Ever | Progressive voices on Blog#42
Responding to Paul Krugman on Trust and the #TPP
I was relieved after a very long period of mostly silence, interspersed with a few non-committal statements on the TPP, to read Professor Krugman’s blog post curated below. But that relief is tempered by the timing and temperature of this position statement. Continue reading Responding to Paul Krugman on Trust and the #TPP
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.
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MLK died warning us about inequality back in the 60’s | Social #Activism on Blog#42
I came across an excellent mash-up of segments from Martin Luther King’s speeches on poverty and the end of an interview of James Baldwin in PBS’ “The Negro and The American Promise.” These two men expressed, in ten minutes and fifty three seconds, far more than Thomas Piketty did in a seven hundred-page book. Continue reading MLK died warning us about inequality back in the 60’s | Social #Activism on Blog#42
Full Employment, African American Employment and Wages | EPI
The Impact of Full Employment on African American Employment and Wages | Economic Policy Institute.
By Valerie Wilson | March 30, 2015
This paper is part of the Full Employment Project of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. It was presented by Valerie Wilson on Monday, March 30, 2015, as part of a forum entitled “Full Employment: How Can We Get There and Stay There? Why Does It Matter?”.
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Jared Bernstein: CBPP Forum: Full Employment
Our full employment event…the video!
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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Jared Bernstein: Unemployment, Black Unemployment and The Fed
The Fed, full employment, African-Americans, and an event that brings it all together
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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!