Spinning Bad Financial News Into Good
Paul Craig Roberts, Contributor Activist Post Friday’s payroll jobs report says that 96,000 new jobs were created in August and that the unemployment rate (U.3)…
Employment
Unemployment as a Lifestyle
click to enlarge James Hall, Contributor Activist Post All one hears is that the lack of jobs is the number one economic problem. Well documented…
Exposing the Unemployment Farce
Charlie McGrath, Contributor Activist Post How do you pretend the economy is recovering and report a shiny 8.3% unemployment number? Simple – just add up…
The January Jobs Are Statistical Artifacts
Paul Craig Roberts Activist Post Last Friday the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in the first month of this new year 243,000 jobs…
New US data reflects economic hard times
Incomes and home values fell in the United States last year, and poverty grew © AFP/Getty Images/File Scott Olson AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Incomes and…
US free trade deals hit new political roadblock
The feud erupted even as the Senate renewed duty-free access to US markets for goods from 129 developing nations © AFP/Getty Images Matt Sullivan AFP…
E-Verify: De Facto national ID and the end of privacy
Wikipedia John Whitehead Desoto Times Tribune As technology grows more sophisticated and the American government and its corporate allies further refine their methods of keeping…
Pentagon warns cuts could boost US unemployment
Panetta argued any cuts beyond those planned would have “devastating” consequences © AFP/Getty Images/File Brendan Smialowski AFP ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AFP) – Defense…
Peter Schiff FULL Testimony Before Congress on Obama Jobs Bill (Video)
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Traditional Jobs Becoming Extinct, New Paradigm Needed
Eric Blair Activist Post As debt-riddled nations impose austerity measures and technical automation replaces human labor, joblessness continues to worsen around the world. In the…
Obama to send jobs bill to Congress
Joint session jobs speech AFP image AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama will ratchet up pressure on Republicans on Monday by sending his…
Are Jobs Obsolete?
Douglas Rushkoff CNN The U.S. Postal Service appears to be the latest casualty in digital technology’s slow but steady replacement of working humans. Unless an…
Obama tells Congress to pass $447 bln jobs plan
US President Barack Obama addresses a Joint Session of Congress on Capitol Hill © AFP Jim Watson AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama…
Obama ‘to inject $300 bn’ in bid to create jobs
AFP image AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama will propose the injection of $300 billion into the sputtering US economy in a pivotal…