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Monthly Jobs Analysis

Jobs in Turbulent Times

Monthly jobs report from the National Jobs for All Network (May 2025 and April Too)

Frank Stricker Jun 21, 2025

May/June 2025

Worker Power Comes from Workers

What we can learn from Asian garment-worker uprisings.

Amanda Page-Hoongrajok Jun 16, 2025

May/June 2025

A Trillion Dollars in One Year, and No New Taxes

The Wall Street Journal editors make it clear whose side they’re on.

John Miller Jun 2, 2025

Issue 311: March/April 2014

The Gig Economy

By Gerald Friedman

From dog-walkers to college teachers, more and more U.S. workers hold “contingent” jobs. Read more »
Pot Economics

By Dan Schneider

What’s the future of the American marijuana market? Read more »
Assessing Those CBO Numbers on the Minimum Wage

By Dean Baker

CBO Minimum-Wage Report Read more »
Obama’s Pacific Deal Would Deepen Income Divide

By Roger Bybee

The TPP and Inequality Read more »

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Lake Country, Not Trash Country!

By Patricia Rodriguez

The struggle for environmental protection in New York State’s Finger Lakes Region | Order this issue or subscribe.
Don’t Cry for Argentina—Not Yet!

By matías Vernengo

The country’s recent policy moves do not mean its economic model is doomed. But they may not be the best way forward. | Order this issue or subscribe.

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