We Need a Care Package!
We've built an economy that depends on unpaid and underpaid care, but penalizes the people who provide it.
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Banks Prepare for Big Bonuses, Public Wrath (NYT)
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December Job Numbers (BLS)
The Bureau of Labor Statistics came out with its Employment Situation report today. The unemployment rate stayed the same at
2009 Management Guff (Lucy Kellaway)
I've started to look forward to Lucy Kellaway's (of the Financial Times) annual run-down on "
How Many People Are on Food Stamps?
A pop quiz: How many Americans are on food stamps? How many children in the United States are on food
Bringing Overpaid Executives to Heel
From today's LA Times. Hat-tip to Danny Postel. The cover story in our Nov/Dec issue, Have the
Pillaging Villains of the Financial Crisis
A review of It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bailouts, Bonuses and Back-room Deals from Washington to Wall Street by Nomi Prins (John Wiley & Sons, 2009).
Get on That Scale!
Starting this year, North Carolina teachers and state employees will be subjected to health compliance testing to qualify for their
Empire and Entitlements
Dear Dr. Dollar: In his book Colossus (2004), Niall Ferguson argues that a major problem with Social Security and Medicare
Ponzi Collapses Nearly Quadrupled in '09 (AP)
From the Associated Press: Read the rest of the article.
Appeal to Our Blog Readers
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