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Only 6 Out of 10 Americans Eligible to Work Are Actually Working
First, the good news. The economy is unmistakably regaining some of its mojo. We picked up another 214,000 jobs in October, according to the Labor… Read More
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Employment Numbers Improving, but Economic Recovery Still Sluggish
The Bureau of Labor Statistic’s October employment report showed solid economic growth, but it also shows why many Americans report unhappiness with the economy. The… Read More
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Will Burke Victory Mean a Higher Minimum Wage in Wisconsin? Not Necessarily.
MADISON, Wis. — If Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke defeats Republican Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday, she’ll owe tremendous thanks to a union group fighting… Read More
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New Jersey Has Therapists, Hawaii Has Tour Guides. Find Out the Unusually Popular Job in Your State.
What job is most heavily concentrated in your state? A new map from Business Insider uses the newly released May 2013 Occupational Employment Statistics to… Read More
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Why Have Average Hourly Earnings Increased Only 33 Cents in Recent Years?
By many measures the labor market is improving smartly. The unemployment rate dropped to 5.9 percent in September—not far from the level many economists consider… Read More
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Virginia Braces for Aftershocks from Wallops Rocket Explosion
The failed launch and fiery explosion at the Wallops Island spaceport could blow up Virginia’s projected financial windfall at the commercial site. The state invested… Read More
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Does Hillary Clinton Hate Business?
So now, Hillary Clinton is saying: Never mind, I goofed. The former senator, secretary of state and first lady on Friday declared that businesses and corporations don’t… Read More
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Why Have So Many Americans Dropped Out of the Workforce in the Obama Years?
President Obama declared during a recent speech at Northwestern University that he has turned the economy around and that while he might not be on… Read More
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This Governor Wants Taxpayers to Back a State Version of an Embattled Federal Agency
The remaining days of the U.S. Export-Import Bank may be numbered, beset as it is by accusations of corporate cronyism, but at least one big-state… Read More
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What War on Women? Women Are Thriving in America
From education to earnings, American women today enjoy unprecedented levels of opportunity. Yet too many candidates seem oblivious to the dramatic gains women have made…. Read More
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How This Dairy Queen Boss Helped Her Employee Become a Doctor
Nabiha Islam may be a doctor now, but it was only a few short years ago that she was a college student working at Dairy… Read More
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Why Can’t Employers Find People for These Jobs?
Good economic news has been rare enough the past few years that it’s easy to be skeptical when it appears. But data from the Bureau of… Read More
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Things Are Improving. But We Still Need a Better Recovery.
Today’s jobs report brought mostly good news for America’s workers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics found the labor market grew robustly in September. Employers added… Read More
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Why Michelle Obama Was Wrong to Trash America at the UN
In her speech to the United Nations this week, first lady Michelle Obama chose to highlight some of the negative things women face in the… Read More
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Sorry, Unions: Franchises Are Real Small Businesses, Too
If the Obama Administration has its way, Ronald McDonald may soon have to wipe that grin off his face as he stands beneath the Golden… Read More
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Higher Fast Food Wages Could Leave Some Workers Behind
The protests outside fast-food establishments last week featured calls for a $15 hourly wage. Unemployment is only the most obvious unintended consequence we could expect under such… Read More
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Do Women Really Earn 22 Percent Less Than Men?
The Census Bureau released updated data this week showing that the so-called “gender pay gap” between men and women reached a record low, with women… Read More
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This Liberal French Economist Is Wrong About How Many Robots Could Replace Human Employees
In his bestselling treatise “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” Thomas Piketty’s vision of the future is – implicitly – a robot dystopia where continued investment… Read More
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Why Is the Senate Considering Legislation That Would Discourage Raises?
How would a law that makes employers afraid to give raises benefit women?! Yet many senators appear to believe it would. They have announced their… Read More
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Main House Foe of Export-Import Bank ‘Swallows Hard’ at 9-Month Reprieve
A leading congressional advocate for pulling the plug on the Export-Import Bank today said he “regrets” that a nine-month reauthorization of the federal agency is… Read More
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Truett Cathy’s Life Story Shows the Value Entrepreneurship Can Bring to a Society
Truett Cathy, the founder of Chick-fil-A, a popular quick-service chicken restaurant, died this morning. He was 93. Cathy was a hard worker who had a… Read More
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Ralph Nader Calls for ‘Unlikely Allies’ to Let This Federal Agency Die
Veteran consumer advocate Ralph Nader says Republicans and Democrats in Congress shouldn’t miss a chance to unite as “unlikely allies” by declining to reauthorize the… Read More
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The Slow Decline of American Entrepreneurship
Start-up companies are the reason America’s economy is more innovative, prosperous and dynamic than the economies of other industrialized countries around the world. New companies… Read More
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What Today’s Job Numbers Mean
Today’s employment report dashed some cold water on hopes the economy has finally begun a robust recovery. For six straight months the payroll survey reported… Read More
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Cartoon: The Left’s Latest ‘Jobs’ Strategy
How that fast food worker strike could backfire …
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Chart: How Much Fast-Food Prices Would Rise If Employers Paid $15 an Hour
As thousands of fast-food workers participate in strikes today pushing for their wages to be raised to $15 an hour, it’s important to remember the… Read More
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How Cities and Counties Can Free Workers from Bullying Unions
Under the National Labor Relations Act, states may pass right-to-work (RTW) laws. In jurisdictions without these laws, unions can force workers to pay dues (although… Read More
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Want Your Biggest Pay Raise Ever? Here’s the Step You (Probably) Need to Take
Labor markets in the U.S. have become steadily less dynamic for the last few decades. In a dynamic labor market, there is more hiring, more… Read More
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This City May Hike Minimum Wage to $13.25 an Hour
California’s at it again. On Labor Day, Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti is expected to announce a three-year series of hikes to the city’s minimum… Read More
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Why Is It So Hard for Employers to Fill These Jobs?
America has a deficit of workers. Willing workers. Capable workers. Skilled, or at least semi-skilled workers, who can do a job and do it well…. Read More
