Kathleen Peine: The unemployment report came out recently, and Punxatawny Phil saw a service sector job — that means six more years of growth. Or something like that. It’s all very complicated.
Mitt Misses Middle Class’s Decline
February 6, 2012 By
Robert Reich: January’s increase in hiring is good news, but it masks a bigger and more disturbing story – the continuing downward mobility of the American middle class.
Why Jobs Still Matter More Than Budget Deficits
February 4, 2012 By
Robert Reich: Government should extend unemployment benefits, and not cut spending until the nation’s rate of unemployment is down to 5 percent. Then, and only then, should we move toward budget austerity.
A Vote for Newt, Willard, and Chums Is a Vote Against the Unemployed
December 27, 2011 By
Julie Driscoll: In their zeal to see that President Obama is a one-term president, it does not behoove Republicans to roll out anything that would actually improve the economic outlook for the unemployed. They barely pay lip service to it.
Uncle Sam Making Wrong Choices
December 26, 2011 By
Norman Solomon: Only government has the capacity to provide economic remedies for social distress of this magnitude. But government is failing.
Holiday Pall: Joblessness Crisis Intensifies
December 17, 2011 By
Carl Bloice: The average period of unemployment now exceeds 26 weeks, well above the previous peak in July 1983 of just 21.2 weeks. This is critical because the longer that people of any age are out of work, the less likely they are to find another job.
Who’s the Scrooge?
December 12, 2011 By
Steve Hochstadt: The calls to flatten the income tax, to eliminate welfare payments, and to repeal regulation of industry are about going back to an earlier America, where the rich and powerful could use their advantages without hindrance.
President Obama’s Osawatomie, Kansas Stemwinder
December 6, 2011 By
President Barack Obama: I believe that this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot, when everyone does their fair share, and when everyone plays by the same rules.
The Jobs Report: Don’t Break Out the Champagne
December 2, 2011 By
Robert Reich: When people ask me what Congress is likely to do I always say the same thing: The odds are in favor of nothing.
Looking Beyond Election Day
November 25, 2011 By
Robert Reich: Political elites are worried about thunder on the right and the left, but they show scant understanding of what these growing anti-establishment forces signify. Meanwhile, the nation drifts.
Stop the Austerity Train Wreck!
November 19, 2011 By
Robert Reich: Agreement or not, Washington is on the road to making budget cuts that will slow the economy, increase unemployment, and impose additional hardship on millions of Americans.
Bank of America’s Cut of Unemployment Checks
November 13, 2011 By
Leonard Isenberg: Did it really have to be so difficult or was this just a hidden incentive to debit card users to let the money just sit on the debit card, where B of A could continue making the float interest?
Trigger Deficit Cuts When Unemployment Drops to 5 Percent
November 11, 2011 By
Robert Reich: So the best of all worlds is to have a big jobs plan now, and also commit to automatic cuts triggered when unemployment falls to 5 percent.
Governor Jerry Brown Signs Immigration Bills that Help, Not Hurt, California’s Economy
October 12, 2011 By
Seth Hoy: With an increasing unemployment rate of more than 12%, California legislators concluded that it “must pursue all avenues in facilitating and incubating job development and economic growth.”
Willful Deafness to Occupy Wall Street
October 11, 2011 By
Tina Dupuy: Politicians won’t take personal responsibility for the crisis – and so Occupy Wall Street has no choice but to be nonpartisan. Or just bipartisan in their frustration.
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