Labor & Economic News Blog
Compiled by Janice Kimball and the staff of the IRLE Library
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
A Check on Job Market Euphoria
A Check on Job Market Euphoria
Gary Burtless discusses the Bureau of Labor Statistics March
jobs report, which shows the country is making little progress toward
full employment. The unemployment rate fell because fewer jobless
workers were seeking a job, not because more Americans found one,
Burtless says, and this mediocre report may signal the start of slower
growth
# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 11:15 AM
Inequality in America and the Incomes of the Super Rich
Inequality in America and the Incomes of the Super Rich
Scott Winship provides a visualization of inequality in America, giving
perspective on just how much the incomes of the super rich dwarf those
of average Americans. Winship questions, though, what this inequality
means for the economic mobility prospects of the middle class, noting
that the incomes of the super rich may be tangential to the lives of
most Americans.
# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 10:49 AM
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