The Rich are Raking it in, so Where are the Jobs?

The Rich are Raking it in, so Where are the Jobs?

| Aug 29, 2011 | Economy / BusinessAh, Labor Day, the holiday when we honor Organized Labor. You know, unions and stuff like that. Yes, there’ll be picnics and speeches detailing the enormous contribution unions make to our nation’s prosperity. Political candidates will extol the virtues of...
A Strategy for Coping with Unemployment

A Strategy for Coping with Unemployment

| Jul 11, 2011 | Economy / BusinessThe jobless rate rose to 9.2 percent in June, which means yet more Americans are waking up to the disorienting experience of having no job to report to. How are they coping? “These are hard times for a lot of people,” says Wendee Crofoot, who is unemployed...
Moving Past the Jobless Recovery

Moving Past the Jobless Recovery

| Mar 7, 2011 | Economy / BusinessMost of the 15 million unemployed Americans want to be back at work. What Americans need first and foremost is to be able to go to work and bring home a paycheck. Two more of my friends just lost their jobs. I have two brothers-in-law who are out of work. They...