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The D&S Debrief

Interview: The Plutonomy and the Coming Crisis

An interview with Yeva Nersisyan and L. Randall Wray

D&S Admin Sep 28, 2026

Monthly Jobs Analysis

Minor Improvements and Much Confusion

The Latest Unemployment Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Sep 24, 2026

Left Hook Economics

Trump’s Fraudulent Forced Labor Tariffs

The Trump administration says its new tariffs are aimed at combating forced labor. But the countries with the highest rates of modern slavery are largely exempt, while countries with the lowest rates are being hit with tariffs. So what are the tariffs really targeting?

John Miller Sep 18, 2026

FRANK STRICKER is a member of the National Jobs for All Network and author of American Unemployment: Past, Present, and Future (2020).

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Bureau of Labor Statistics building, Washington, D.C., February 1, 2018. Credit: Erica Fischer, CC BY 2.0 license (https://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/38441753380).

Monthly Jobs Analysis

Minor Improvements and Much Confusion

The Latest Unemployment Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Sep 24, 2026

The Latest Job Calamity—Mostly Home-Made

Monthly Jobs Analysis

The Latest Job Calamity—Mostly Home-Made

The Latest Unemployment Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Aug 26, 2026

Frances Perkins Building of the United States Department of Labor in Washington, D.C., November 14, 2017. Credit: Shawn T Moore, Department of Labor (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons).

Monthly Jobs Analysis

Jobs and No Jobs in June of 2026, and Beyond

The Unemployment Report from the National Jobs for All Network for June 2026

Frank Stricker Jul 20, 2026

Not Just Any Jobs

Monthly Jobs Analysis

Not Just Any Jobs

The Unemployment Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for May 2026—and More

Frank Stricker Jun 22, 2026

Entrance to the former headquarters of the Bureaul of Labor Statistics in the Postal Square Building at 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE. Washington, D.C., May 19, 2017. Public domain.

Monthly Jobs Analysis

The Government’s April Jobs Report, and Ours: Why Don’t Things Look Worse?

The Latest Jobs Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker May 23, 2026

Frances Perkins Building, Washington D.C., December 2, 2009. Credit: Shawn T. Moore, Department of Labor (public domain).

Monthly Jobs Analysis

Unemployment as Policy: Federal Layoffs, AI, and Corporate Understaffing

The Jobs Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Apr 13, 2026

A sign for the former BLS headquarters at the Postal Square Building in Washington D.C., April 19, 2011. Credit: Flickr account edenpictures, CC BY 2.0 license.

Monthly Jobs Analysis

A Little Better Now—But What about the Future?

The Jobs Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Mar 4, 2026

Frances Perkins Building of the United States Department of Labor in Washington, D.C., November 14, 2017. Credit: Shawn T Moore, Department of Labor (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons).

Monthly Jobs Analysis

2025—Glad to See You Go?

Monthly Jobs Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Jan 30, 2026

Bureau of Labor Statistics building, Washington, D.C., February 1, 2018. Credit: Erica Fischer, CC BY 2.0 license (https://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/38441753380).

Monthly Jobs Analysis

Jobs, Factories, and Inequalities

Monthly Jobs Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Jan 5, 2026

Bureau of Labor Statistics at the Postal Square Building in Washington D.C., May 19, 2017. Credit: Department of Labor, public domain.

Monthly Jobs Analysis

Stagflation on the Way?

The Employment Report for August 2025

Frank Stricker Sep 19, 2025

Headquarters of the Bureaul of Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C., May 19, 2017. Source: Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, public domain.

Monthly Jobs Analysis

Jobs and Hints of Recession

Monthly Jobs Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Aug 12, 2025

Bureau of Labor Statistics building in Washington, D.C.

Monthly Jobs Analysis

Not Much Change Yet

Monthly Jobs Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Jul 18, 2025