The jobs of tomorrow are not what you'd expect
By Michael Lind Nov 2, 2009
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What do we want? Four-hour erections! When do we want them? Now!
By Andrew Leonard
November 13, 2009
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The real unemployment rate is almost 20 percent. Here's what the federal government can do about the jobs crisis
By Michael Lind
October 19, 2009
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Healthcare, global warming, Wall Street, jobs -- none of the government's proposed solutions add up to much
By Robert Reich
October 9, 2009
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The 18th century's patron saint of free markets shares his surprising views about Barack Obama and the U.S. economy
By Michael Lind
October 6, 2009
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A big chunk of September's job losses came from the public sector. Should we be encouraged by that?
By Andrew Leonard
October 2, 2009
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No good news in September, as the national unemployment rate creeps ever closer to 10 percent
By Andrew Leonard
October 2, 2009
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The right says the answer is rich people, not workers -- who are wealth destroyers
By Michael Lind
September 7, 2009
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The pace of job loss continues to slow, but the overall picture is still grim
By Andrew Leonard
September 4, 2009
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When the starting premise is that the State is evil, every politician becomes a meddling New Deal interventionist
By Andrew Leonard
September 2, 2009
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Brad DeLong takes a longer look at the Hoover-labor-Great-Depression thesis
By Andrew Leonard
August 29, 2009
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Economic historian Brad DeLong pushes back against revisionist Great Depression history
By Andrew Leonard
August 28, 2009
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An economist argues that Hoover's "pro-labor policies" turned a bad recession into the Great Depression
By Andrew Leonard
August 28, 2009
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Hey Democrats: Can liberal interest groups and social elites really form the basis of a successful political party?
By Michael Lind
August 25, 2009
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Call it "On the New York Fed Waterfront." The man from the AFL-CIO just got a big promotion
By Andrew Leonard
August 24, 2009
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This guy in our neighborhood has it rough, but I need to maintain clear boundaries
By Cary Tennis
August 20, 2009
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The June jobs report is a serious bummer, but "the good times continue to roll" on Wall Street
By Andrew Leonard
July 2, 2009
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The rate of job losses might be slowing, but the rate at which workers are forced to work fewer hours is not.
By Andrew Leonard
June 9, 2009
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The economy shed "only" 345,000 jobs in May. Even with the unemployment rate rising to 9.4 percent, it's good news
By Andrew Leonard
June 5, 2009
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Surprise: The Pennsylvania Republican-turned-Democrat says he's prepared to find a deal to support legislation to make it easier for workers to join unions.
By Mike Madden
May 14, 2009
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A tale told via cryptic one-liners: 20th century ghosts are haunting the G-20 summit meeting.
By Andrew Leonard
April 2, 2009
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Big-name brands are dying and even Winnebago is under the weather. Can the recreational vehicle survive the recession?
Mark Schone, with additional research by Ben Travers
March 20, 2009
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For a lot of reasons I never endorse candidates, but I'm backing Tom Geoghegan for Rahm Emanuel's old House seat in Chicago.
By Joe Conason
February 27, 2009
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The newest jobless claim figures are setting records, but for the hard right, the real "catastrophe" is Obama
By Andrew Leonard
February 5, 2009
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By Darrell Etherington
January 5, 2009