Topic: Recessions And Depressions

American workers, employers weigh in

34% . Percentage of workers who say they'll leave their job once the economy recovers. 54% . Percentage of Americans who see work/life balance as a...
Kim, a single mother of two children, has seen her pay cut by 5 percent, her health benefits decrease, her 401(k) match disappear and her workload...
Stock market is expected to remain in a narrow range this week and will look towards global peers for direction in absence of positive cues and ...

Why we need a second stimulus

Our national debate about fiscal policy has become skewed, with far too much focus on the deficit and far too little on unemployment. There is too...
The Glashaus hotel used to be a symbol of the regeneration of one of Dublin's toughest neighborhoods. Empty and shuttered, it now represents one of...

Innovation helping Ariz. companies succeed

In Arizona's business world, creativity could be defined by the young paramedic who launched an air-ambulance company, the owner of a janitorial...
I thought I'd add a few observations on the latest employment report (other reports here: [NYT], [WSJ RTE/Izzo] [CR], [Economist's View]). First...

New Job Opportunity - Spitting at the Moon

In multiple posts Paul Krugman is saying "I told you so". For example, please consider Nobody Could Have PredictedPictures support the view that...
I don't have to tell you that this is a very tough time for our country. Millions of our neighbors have been swept up in the worst recession in...
The Labor Department announced the unemployment rate rose a tenth of a point, to 9.6 percent in August so, as the AP noted, it “has exceeded 9...