Today the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the ratio of unemployed workers to job openings was 4 to 1 in December 2011. This is a lot better than at the peak of the recession, when nearly seven people were looking for work for every opening, but it still means...
Posted November 8, 2011 | 11/08/11 04:27 PM ET
The new Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) released yesterday morning by the Census Bureau tells us that millions more are poor than what the standard poverty measure shows, but without government intervention poverty would be much worse.
The Supplemental Poverty Measure finds 49.1 million people in the United...
Posted January 14, 2009 | 01/14/09 04:35 PM ET
As a parent, you probably have lots of experience dividing things among more than one child. You might give each child the same number of cookies for dessert. Or you might buy a new jacket for the child who has outgrown hers, but not for her brother whose jacket still...
8 Comments | Posted February 8, 2012 | 02/08/12 02:04 PM ET