Architects build an ARK as work dries up
De Rijke Marsh Morgan will seek out work in Belgium, Norway and the Netherlands on the barge, complete with design studio Robert Booth Guardian When…
Employment
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Income Poverty: One in Three Americans Lack the Income to “Make Ends Meet”
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The Long Road to Recovery
David Galland, Managing Editor The Casey Report Last week the government released the latest unemployment data. Bloomberg, always ready to roll up the sleeves to help…
IMF fears ‘social explosion’ from world jobs crisis
America and Europe face the worst jobs crisis since the 1930s and risk “an explosion of social unrest” unless they tread carefully, the International Monetary…
Successful Economic Policies for Whom?
Rep. Ron Paul Campaign for Liberty Last week, in the wake of another uptick in the official unemployment rate, the administration continued to claim that…
British economy in ‘great danger’, trade unions warn
AFP The government’s programme of drastic spending cuts is putting the British economy in “great danger”, the Trades Union Congress has warned ahead of its…
So Broke We Can’t Pay Attention
You spent the whole day yesterday worrying about today, and now that it’s here, was it worth it? Howard Beale Activist Post It’s a scary…
CEO, Can You Spare a Job or a Free Lunch?
John Perkins Huffington Post “An economic policy which does not consider the well-being of all will not serve the purposes of peace and the growth…
The Economy is the Number on Your Paycheck, Not the Stock Market’s Ups and Downs
The stock market has as much to do with the real economy as the weather has to do with geology. Robert Reich Alternet What passes…
Drowning in Debt: US students hopeless to pay off education
Unemployment rate rises for the first time in 4 months
Associated Press WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate rose in August for the first time in four months as weak hiring by private employers wasn’t enough…
Financial Depression Spreads Among Seniors
Sherwood Ross BlackListed News President Obama has U.S. taxpayers paying billions to meet the costly payrolls of 50,000 troops and 190,000 contractors in Iraq while…