Topic: Unemployment

Good news, bad news on (un)employment March 10, 2023 Ethel C. Fenig  Good--more people are working but, well, bad--more are also unemployed.  Whaaaat?
Many people are misleading the public on the economy December 11, 2018 Jack Hellner It seems that most journalists and other Democrats inexplicably want to go back to Obama's high taxes and massive regulatory policies.
Strange coincidence department October 4, 2014 Thomas Lifson Obama sure is lucky
Feds pressuring business to rescue Obama and Dems from another failure of OCare July 17, 2014 Ed Lasky The latest consequence of the man-caused disaster known as ObamaCare is leading the feds to another cover-up.
Time to Resurrect the Misery Index May 6, 2014 Brian C. Joondeph Suppose we calculated inflation now using the same methodology as in the 1980s? It would actually be 9 percent, compared to the official government number of 1 percent.
Obama's Phony Indignities January 28, 2014 Geoffrey P. Hunt The State of the Union as classic farce.
Change the Name to Change the Game January 9, 2014 Jim Yardley Using Orwell as a handbook.
Extending Unemployment Benefits: Obama's Urgent Political Priority January 1, 2014 Jeffrey Folks What a great idea! Paying millions of Americans not to work, forever.
The Poverty Harbinger November 13, 2013 Andrew K. Boyle The decline and fall of jobs in our time has been a largely inaccessible story.
American Education: a Lesson in Incoherence August 29, 2013 Sierra Rayne The evidence is stacking up against supporters of the status quo.
Immigration Reform versus Unemployed America August 4, 2013 Jon N. Hall Why disrupt tthe American economy with millions of immigrants when a sensible alternative exists?
Media hyping bad job numbers July 5, 2013 Thomas Lifson Reported numbers conceal as much as they reveal.
America's Economic Disconnect April 12, 2013 Jim O’Sullivan How do we explain the clear disconnect between the current economic doldrums and the public's impression of a going recovery?
September's Unemployment Number Still Suspicious October 12, 2012 Randall Hoven When something happens that has never happened before, I think suspicion is called for. Statistics 101 backed me up.
Why September's Unemployment Number is Suspicious October 9, 2012 Randall Hoven It's possible that an event that is expected to occur only once about every 700 years happened to occur for the first time in 65 years just one month before a presidential election.
How Obama Might Just Break Even on Jobs June 4, 2012 C. Edmund Wright There is one thing he can do to leave office with as many Americans working as on his Innauguration Day, and the good news is that he's likely to do it, even against his own will.
The Work Ethic and U.S. Unemployment February 28, 2012 Robert Weissberg The problem that dare not speak its name: the work ethic, unemployment, and our economic future.
January Unemployment Report: The Devil is in the Details February 3, 2012 Scott Strzelczyk January's unemployment numbers are much worse than reported.