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May 19, 2013

Who’s a Better Employer: The Government or Wal-Mart?

As an industry, the government is alone in posting net job losses since the beginning of the U.S. economic recovery...
May 19, 2013

Unemployed and Not Looking For Jobs: Wisconsin Will Make You Sweat

Wisconsin legislature's Joint Finance Committee approved a proposal Monday that could require the unemployed to apply to four jobs per week, rather than the present two.
May 19, 2013

Obamacare’s Cadillac Tax Won’t be as Big as Thought

The so-called Cadillac tax on benefits to employees will bring in $57 billion less than estimated and drive up employee healthcare premiums.
May 19, 2013

Federal Job Cuts: Popularity Contests Are No Insurance

Recent Pew research has shown that the most popular branches of government have been losing jobs at a higher rate than the rest of the public sector.
May 19, 2013

Investors: U.S., Japan In, China, Europe Out

Optimism for Japan and the U.S. is on the rise among investors, with China and the E.U. being downers on the global macroeconomic picture.
May 19, 2013

Would Obama’s Minimum Wage Support a Middle Class?

Tax dollars may fuel the economy, but they can also exacerbate inequality
May 18, 2013

Can Immigrants Spur Rust Belt Recovery?

As Rust Belt cities look for ways to dig themselves out of economic decline, it appears that immigrant workers are taking center stage in the conversation...
May 18, 2013

Let’s Not Ignore Economic Optimism

The U.S. economy is making gradual progress back toward full employment at a time when Europe and Japan are struggling with much worse problems and emerging market growth is slowing.
May 18, 2013

Here’s Why the American Driving Boom Ended

Americans drive fewer total miles than they did eight years ago...
May 18, 2013

Will This Racist Columbia University Scholarship Get Updated?

Columbia University's Lydia C. Roberts Graduate Fellowship comes with some dubious restrictions...
May 18, 2013

Stock Market Trickery: The Gap Between Growth and Value

Fluctuating price and earnings trends over a company’s life cycle frequently create confusion surrounding the proper categorization of a stock as growth or value.
May 18, 2013

Obama: It’s Time Main Street Gets a Recovery

President Obama invoked the spirit of a strong middle class in Baltimore, Maryland, where he delivered a speech on the U.S. economic situation...
May 17, 2013

5 Growing Pains for Obamacare

The House Republicans have voted to repeal Obamacare for the 37th time, and although their efforts may be futile, these examples illustrate the hurdles the law has been facing.
May 17, 2013

Do Americans Care About the IRS Scandal?

According to a Gallup poll, Americans post a below average interest in new stories involving the IRS scandal and Benghazi situation.
May 17, 2013

A ‘Foolish Mistake’ Has Never Cost the IRS More

Steven Miller, acting director of the Internal Revenue Service, told the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday morning that the targeting of conservative groups for additional review was not based on ideology...