Slate's Matt Yglesias: Print Money, Give It To The States
Matt Yglesias, Slate economics blogger.
Well, you heard it last night: Both Joe Biden and President Obama, talking about their beloved Simpson-Bowles plan. (Austerity! Shared sacrifice!) But here comes economics blogger Matt Yglesias pointing out
House Progressives Ask To Meet With Obama Before Jobs Speech, Will He Listen To Them?
(Above video via email: In this MSNBC news clip from earlier today, Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, calls on President Obama to take a bold economic recovery plan directly to the American people in
TODAY: Mayday SOS -- If Your Unemployment Ran Out And You Can't Find Work, Fax Your Resume To Your Congress Creatures
People are going off a cliff and we're not really doing anything about it. That's not great public policy. - Andrew Stettner, deputy director of the
The Long-Term Unemployed Need A Tier V Added To Unemployment Benefits. Sign The Petition!
Change.org is gathering signatures to petition Congress to add another tier of unemployment benefits. (No, the just-passed legislation doesn't do a th
Jobs Growth: Not As Bad As Usual - Especially If You Like Working Temp Jobs!
I suppose this is good news ("good" meaning "less horrible"), but most of the new jobs added are in health care, or they're temp jobs. As we saw the
Administration Economic Officials See "Extended" Period Of Unemployment
I continue to worry that at some point, Wall Street will convince the administration that it would be a great psychological ploy to cut off unemployme
AARP Report: Middle-Aged Workers Hit Hard By Recession, Stay Unemployed Longest
Older workers really are having a harder time, and this is why opening Medicare to people 55 and older would have helped the group that was slammed so
Research Indicates Layoffs Affect Life Expectancy
Just about every laid-off person I know developed health problems - and the ones who don't have health insurance are even more terrified. (I had break
Unemployment Claims This Week Lowest Since July 2008
Awfully optimistic, aren't they? I hope they're right:
Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Fewer Americans than anticipated filed claims for unemployment benefits
So Far, 25 States Have Emptied Their Unemployment Funds
You have to love how utterly shameless these Republican oligarchs are. In the middle of a massive recession, a Republican governor is complaining ab
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