by Dave Johnson | Aug 22, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Europe's economic depression has now lasted longer than the Great Depression of the 1930s. Meanwhile, America's "Great Recession" also drags on thanks to cutbacks in government spending since the stimulus. Europe's leaders somehow were convinced that austerity –...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 21, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
“This is an economic revolution,” a new online video says about automation. The premise of "Humans Need Not Apply" is that human work will soon be all but obsolete. “You may think we've been here before, but we haven't,” says CGP Grey, the video’s creator. “This time...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 21, 2014 | Jobs and Growth
Finally, residents in Ferguson, Mo., this morning are waking up to a violence-free night, 13 days after the shooting death of Michael Brown sparked days and nights of demonstrations and rage. Meanwhile, members of the Federal Reserve and other global central bank...
by Dean Baker | Aug 20, 2014 | Economy, Jobs and Growth
The Washington Post had an article on grassroots efforts to try to influence the Federal Reserve Board's decisions on monetary policy. It would have been helpful if the piece provided more background on the Fed's institutional structure and decision-making process....
by Dave Johnson | Aug 13, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Winning Issues for 2014
Watch this video of a smart politician who knew how to campaign in the Midwest. He know what people were thinking had his finger on the pulse of what people wanted to do about it: [fve]http://youtu.be/PF9gpvI2UfU[/fve] Democrats Campaigning As Republicans? A recent...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 12, 2014 | Jobs and Growth
Here's the sobering reality brought home today by the latest monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary by the Labor Department: After five years of economic "recovery," there are still only half as many jobs as there are people looking for work. This monthly...
