Apprenticeships: ‘The Germans Make Good Stuff’
Remember the “sham-wow” guy, famous for the 30-second bits in the middle of late night TV? One of his many one-liners was, “you know the… Read More
Jobs Report: Unemployment Down, But 800,000 Leave Workforce
The headline figures for the April employment report finally demonstrate strong labor market growth. A deeper dive into the report, however, shows it remains too… Read More
Economy News
9 Things Janet Yellen Tried to Say Carefully as the Dow Plunged
Janet Yellen appeared to emerge with her confidence intact this afternoon after her first press conference as chairman of the Federal Reserve. However, stock markets… Read More
End Double-Dipping: An Easy, Bipartisan Step Toward Saving Disability Insurance
A friend calls you and begs for cash to aid in his job search. A minute later, he calls you again and begs for more… Read More
Obamacare Is Murdering Jobs
Fewer Americans either have or are looking for jobs today than at any point since 1978 — and President Obama’s health care law is about… Read More
Why Unemployment is High in Parts of Michigan
Bruce Los, vice president of Gentex Corp., a $1.2 billion manufacturing company located in tiny Zeeland, Mich. (population 5,508), often hosts executives from foreign auto… Read More
Pension Smoothing on UI Bill Is an Accounting Trick That Could Lead to Taxpayer Bailout
The Senate is trying to use an accounting trick to claim deficit-reduction from a bill to extend federal long-term unemployment benefits. Far from that, the… Read More
U.S. Debt Poses a Greater Barrier to Economic Opportunity Than Income Inequality
President Obama has made income inequality the forefront issue on his 2014 agenda. However, more government is not the solution to increasing economic opportunity in… Read More
Examining North Carolina’s Falling Unemployment Rate
On January 1, maximum unemployment insurance (UI) benefits dropped across most of America. Not in North Carolina. The Tar Heel State already ended extended UI… Read More
The Fed Inflation-Unemployment Trade-Off: Outlasting the Energizer Bunny
George Selgin has a new post on the Free Banking Blog that highlights the economic quandary the Fed now has the U.S. in. The post… Read More
