by Dave Johnson | Nov 13, 2011 | Blog, Economy
This week I travel to Chicago to cover CGI America, a special session of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). CGI America will bring together "business, government, and civic leaders to focus on economic recovery and job growth." I have covered several Clinton Global...
by Mary Bottari | Nov 9, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has promised to create 250,000 new jobs. In advance of a planned gubernatorial recall election, Walker announced last month that the State Legislature would focus "like a laser" on job creation. With his "special session" on jobs now...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 7, 2011 | Blog, Economy
I am beginning to understand George Will. Normally, that would worry me in too many ways to count, and it would be cause enough for my progressive friends to stage an intervention. So let me be clear, before I find myself facing just such a situation, I did not say I...
by | Nov 4, 2011 | Blog, Economy
With apologies to Richard Farina, today’s Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report for October shows small gains that for most of U.S. history would have been considered meager but must now be seen as better than expected. (See these tables and graphics on this month's...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 4, 2011 | Blog, Economy
On the morning after Senate Republicans blocked consideration of an infrastructure jobs bill, the Bureau of Labor Statistics is reporting that the economy created only 80,000 net jobs during the month of September. The unemployment rate is now 9 percent. The continued...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 3, 2011 | Blog, Economy
A conservative minority in the Senate earlier today voted against allowing an infrastructure jobs bill to come to a floor vote, continuing a pattern of obstruction that has blocked every significant effort to get people working on the jobs that need to be done. The...
