Where Did the Jobs Go?

Most people who’ve lost their jobs are sliding down the employment ladder – presuming they’ve managed to get back on the ladder at all. The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report on “...

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Over at our blog on The Huffington Post, we’ve started The Question Project , a modest attempt to raise some of the questions that deserve answers this election year. We hope it’ll inspire mo...

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Shaquille O'Neal is getting some well-deserved attention for going back to school and getting a doctorate. But as we note in our latest Huffington Post post , he’s an exception in more ways tha...

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The short answer is yes – if we can all just stop tilting the evidence to win the current spin cycle. Check out our latest post at National Geographic’s Great Energy Challenge blog .

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From our latest at the Huffington Post : > We need to do something we just aren’t good at: having a serious > debate on how to tackle a near-term problem while also lo...

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Which is more important: making solar panels cheap or making them here?

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In our latest Huffington Post blog , we look at the debate over government regulation – how much it really matters for jobs, and whether the current debate is even looking in the right place: ...

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It’s amazing to look at the shifts over time. The move from manufacturing to services is well known, but that’s only the start of the story. mattstiles : > After 72 years, the U.S. ...

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From The Economist’s Graphic Detail blog: a new assessment of global jobs prospects. > Hopes are highest in India and Brazil, driven by the services > sector: nearly 6 out of�...

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Our latest Huffington Post piece points out that an episode of Friends is actually prescient about a problem facing young people in the workforce: it’s getting harder to get ahead on jobs and ...

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“Based on one report, it’s as if the president’s full economic agenda is either brilliant or moronic. Get good numbers and you’re Keynes reincarnate. Get bad numbers and you can’t add.�...

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betterbooktitles : > Edith Wharton: The House of Mirth  >  > Reader Submission: Title and Redesign by Michelle Legro >  of Lapham’s Quarterly > . These are a lot of fun....

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The new jobs report brings hope that that the economy is finally on a hot streak . But if you’re wondering why so many economists and analysts are reluctant to declare victory, have a look at t...

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Today the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the latest monthly jobs report. With luck, it’ll be fairly optimistic . But before the bloviating gets too far out of hand, you might want to g...

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> There’s a fierce debate over whether college is a worthwhile > investment, given the high level of student debt. Still, there’s > no question that, statistically sp...

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Over the last half-century, the United States (along with the rest of the Western world) moved to a service economy. And services are usually provided where the people are, as you can see in this...

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One of the more disturbing aspects of the jobs crisis is what it does to young people just entering the job market. Studies show that people who first enter the job market during a recession ofte...

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Given that rolling back government regulation is being offered as one way to create jobs, it’s worth taking a closer look at this Pew Research Center survey on public attitudes about regulation...

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(Library of Congress photo ) Once, there was an iceman working nearly every street in every town in America, including one of our grandfathers. The disappearance of the iceman and the rise ...

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> In the long run, our rising national debt is one of the most > dangerous problems our government has, and we have to tackle it. > Unfortunately, what’s needed to ...

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