by Robert Borosage | Sep 2, 2011 | Blog
Zero -- nada -- 0 -- jobs added in August. Hourly wages down. Average work weeks down. The recession returns. This was predictable and predicted. Conservatives -- in both parties -- have it wrong once more. Government cuts in a weak economy cost jobs and sap growth....
by Dave Johnson | Sep 1, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Here is a fact about bipartisanship and civility in Washington: the Republicans in Congress will obstruct anything President Obama proposes to create jobs and help the economy, period. A bad economy helps them in the coming elections, and that is that. Deal with it....
by Richard Eskow | Sep 1, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Remember The Music Man? That's the musical where a con man tricks an entire town's parents into buying musical instruments they don't need by promising to teach music to their kids. Then he skips town. Only when he makes good on his promises is he forgiven by the town...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 1, 2011 | Blog
The CNNMoney piece on "firing horror stories" that inspired my previous post offered the employers' perspective on what's all too common story in this economy. Since then, I've found a few similar pieces, like this one from Fortune magazine, which once again...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 31, 2011 | Blog
This CNNMoney Piece, "Firing horror stories" caught my eye, That's partly because it offered a perspective I don't always consider, while addressing a painful phenomenon only made more so in this recession. Think getting fired is hard? Try doing the firing....
