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The Byproducts of the War on Iran

Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz affects not just oil and fertilizer, but also the many oil- and gas-based inputs essential to everyday goods.

C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh May 6, 2026

May/June 2026

Who Will Work in a Warming World?

The impacts of climate change on workers, especially outdoor workers, are having global consequences.

Andrew Ahern May 1, 2026

Left Hook Economics

Retirement Savings in the Dark

For most of the 20th century, there was a clear wall between working people’s pension funds and the riskier corners of financial markets. This wasn’t accidental—it was the law.

Lenore Palladino Apr 24, 2026

Monthly Jobs Analysis

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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

Frances Perkins Building, Deparment of Labor.

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

The Unemployment News and What’s Ahead

Monthly Jobs Analysis

The Unemployment News and What’s Ahead

The Jobs Report for March 2025

Frank Stricker Apr 23, 2025

The Calm Before the Storm

Monthly Jobs Analysis

The Calm Before the Storm

The Jobs Report for February 2025

Frank Stricker Mar 31, 2025

Getting Better All the Time?

Monthly Jobs Analysis

Getting Better All the Time?

Don’t drown while wading through the numbers in the December jobs report.

Frank Stricker Jan 30, 2025

Monthly Jobs Analysis

Five Decades of Stagnant Wages

The U.S. Jobs Report for November 2024

Frank Stricker Dec 21, 2024