Category Archives: EMPLOYMENT

Gap Between Rich And Poor Named 8th Wonder Of The World

Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 by meganwilson

The Onion “It’s breathtaking,” said Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, a longtime champion and benefactor of the rift’s conservation. “After all we’ve been through in recent years, there’s no greater privilege than watching it grow bigger and bigger each day. … Continue reading →

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Should GE’s Jeffrey Immelt Really Be Leading Our Job Creation Strategy?

Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2011 by meganwilson

By Scott Paul HUFFINGTON POST You would have difficulty finding a company that has outsourced more jobs and closed more American factories than GE. There is no swifter way to alienate working class voters than to name an outsourcing CEO … Continue reading →

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The Progressive Case Against Obama’s New Team

Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 by meganwilson

By Dean Baker, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research HUFFINGTON POST This is the small matter that leads progressives to be unhappy with the renewed dominance of the Clinton economic team. If progressives had devised policies that … Continue reading →

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For The Jobless, Cold Comfort In “Improving” Economy

Posted on Friday, January 7, 2011 by meganwilson

By Lila Shapiro HUFFINGTON POST New York — This week, the economy flashed multiple signs of improvement, from encouragingly brisk expansion on the factory floor to a slowdown in layoffs. Yet for the 15 million Americans still officially without work, … Continue reading →

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Trends in Income Inequality: The Endgame Is Extreme Civil Unrest

Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 by meganwilson
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The Day of Reckoning Is Here

Posted on Sunday, December 19, 2010 by meganwilson
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Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 by meganwilson
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Wall Street Set for Best Two Years Ever, Thanks To Bailout

Posted on Monday, December 13, 2010 by meganwilson

William Alden THE HUFFINGTON POST Two agonizing years for the U.S. economy have been some of the best years on record for Wall Street. After first receiving billions in taxpayer aid, and now ultracheap funding from the Federal Reserve, Wall … Continue reading →

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SOLUTIONS: AgenKultur

Posted on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 by meganwilson

Great organization in Indonesia! AGENKULTUR Agenkultur born in a hysterical space of billboards among the massive icons of globalization and in the crowd of local culture stagnancy. It grew up among the fast food industry, phantasm of high class society … Continue reading →

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A Frightening Look At The Labor Market Recovery

Posted on Sunday, December 5, 2010 by meganwilson

By Ryan McCarthy HUFFINGTON POST After Friday’s grim jobs data, which showed that the U.S. added just 39,000 net jobs in November, it’s worth noting again just how severely the recession has impacted the job market. This disturbing chart — … Continue reading →

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