by Dave Johnson | Jul 17, 2012 | Blog, Economy
If our government just did the infrastructure work it has to do anyway eventually, much of the unemployment emergency would go away and the economy would get better. It's just that simple. But they won't. Infrastructure = Internal Improvements That Support Business...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 10, 2012 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
While on vacation last week, I came across a CNN analysis that asked an important question, especially in light of Friday’s jobs numbers: Where are the jobs bills? Another month, another weak jobs report. And don’t expect Congress to do much about it anytime soon....
by Dave Johnson | Jul 10, 2012 | Blog, Economy
We have a jobs emergency that is hollowing out the middle class. Some say automation is the cause of our high unemployment and that it will get worse. Others say there are other structural problems and that our high unemployment is a "new normal." Perhaps these are...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 6, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Another lackluster jobs report with 80K new jobs and an unchanged 8.2% unemployment, Keep in mind that we lost 815,000 jobs in Bush's last month, but this still is not good enough. Republicans are intentionally sabotaging job-creation efforts thinking it will help...
by Bill Scher | Jul 6, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Mitt Romney received a double blast from the conservative circular firing squad, as the Wall Street Journal editorial board and The Weekly Standard's BIll Kristol both publicly complained that the candidate is failing to campaign on a vision to boost the economy. The...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 6, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Updated 8:47 a.m. — Today's unemployment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics will be closely watched for its political impact on the presidential race. But it is not the numbers that will be most consequential. What will determine whether President Obama will...
