A Call for Economic Action
Over the last several years, I’ve really tried to focus my blog away from softer, feel-good issues and try to focus on the economy. I felt that by studying the economy and economic principles, I could...
View ArticleEconomy Gains Jobs in July
It is becoming harder and harder for the GOP to bash Obama on the economy. We gained another 162,000 jobs in July. From BLS: Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 162,000 in July, and the...
View ArticleJobs Report – March
So all of the doom and gloom over the economy we saw earlier this week seems to be over nothing. The jobs report is better than expected. From BLS: Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 288,000, and...
View ArticleNews Roundup – Jobs Report, Egyptian pyramids, Stand Your Ground
From EPI: Today’s jobs report was, to say the least, strange. The first look was exciting—288,000 payroll jobs added! Now that is the kind of job growth that would get us back to a healthy labor...
View Article217,000 Jobs added in May
I wish I had something new or different to say about the jobs report. I don’t. I’m happy that the economy is adding hundreds of thousands of jobs, but we still need more. We have millions of Americans...
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