Unemployment

Some Hard Truths about America +  


A hard truth about the U.S. economy is that corporations don't need as many of us as workers but still need us as consumers.

EPI President Addresses Ways to fill “Huge Jobs Hole” +  


On July 22, EPI President, Lawrence Mishel, testified in Congress that dynamic creation of jobs was still needed to “fill the huge jobs hole.”

America Still Treating Open Wound +  


Every time we treat the wound ineffectively, it prolongs the length of time it needs to heal correctly. American consumers are starting to save more, which is a long-term investment in our economy. Businesses need to start fueling the economy, which in turn will lead to job growth and higher consumer spending.

Important Daily News You Need to Know, Today's Issue: Consumer Culture +  


The U.S. still runs enormous and disastrous trade deficits.

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Letters to the editor
07/30/2010

For the first time in history, the U.S. is preparing to file a labor case against a trade agreement partner, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced Friday.

07/30/2010

Not only will roughly 32 million new Americans be brought onto insurance rosters, and be given prescription drugs; the prices of those drugs will be allowed to ascend without safeguards.

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07/30/2010

Every aspect of catfish raising involves water polluted not just by industrial waste, but by human waste, garbage dumps, people bathing in the water and boats refueling in the river.