May 7, 2015 Where are the jobs? Political corruption hurts millions of Americans Millions of Americans are underemployed and it may not be their fault.
May 7, 2015 Labor Day: Congress must take action to protect workers, not Big Labor As we pause this Labor Day to honor the indispensability of American workers – and the essential roles they play in advancing our economy and national fabric – we must also honestly examine the forces currently holding them back. And that starts with a basic acknowledgement that the sweat of our brows is producing diminishing returns – both for ourselves and our families.
May 7, 2015 Five compromises Obama should embrace to boost the economy If Republicans win the Senate, President Obama risks another bruising recession if he doesn’t embrace compromise and abandon ineffective populist prescriptions. Here are five things Obama could do with Republicans to boost growth.
May 7, 2015 Hysteria watch: The truth about China's economy China is not now nor will it become the world’s largest economy in the next decade.
May 7, 2015 Five reasons Americans can’t find jobs The jobless rate is likely closer to 20 percent, and the root cause is slow economic growth.
May 7, 2015 October Jobs Numbers: If things are so good, why do we feel so bad? Friday we learned that the unemployment rate had ticked down to 5.8%, but that number has become a standard joke among Americans looking for a job – or those looking for a better job.
May 6, 2015 Millenials, Men and You? Meet American workers left behind as US economy picks up An exodus of workers from the marketplace has reshaped families across the country. Today only 62.8 percent of the labor force is working in the United States, the lowest rate since 1978.
May 6, 2015 House GOP budget plan gets it right. Here's why... Tom Price, the new chairman of the House Budget Committee, has just released the GOP budget blueprint for the years ahead this week. This will have a big impact on how the government spends more than 20 percent of our economy, and where the revenues will come from to fund this behemoth operation.
May 6, 2015 Our dismal GDP numbers: Under Obama US stuck in slow growth rut The Department of Commerce delivered the miserable news Wednesday morning that economic growth nearly ground to a halt during the first quarter, up a microscopic 0.2%. Even more disturbing, because the population is growing at about 0.8%, real per capita GDP is actually negative.
