American Jobs

The National Manufacturing Strategy Debate

Dave Johnson | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Manufacturing, Gene Sperling, Midwest Unemployment, Unemployment, American Jobs, U.S. Manufacturing, Manufacturing Debate, Manufacturing Statistics, American Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Business News

The Obama administration recently describing the vital importance of a healthy manufacturing sector to our economy. But others say promoting manufacturing won't help revive our economy. So what's the story?

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Why The New Jobs Are Worse Than The Old Ones

Tavis Smiley | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Breakdown, Jobs, Unemployment, American Jobs, Poverty, Rich and the Rest of US, Poverty Manifesto, Manufacturing Jobs, Books News

Every month since 2001, the United States has lost an average of 50,000 good-paying manufacturing jobs. Almost seven out of every ten of those lost jobs were in the construction, truck driving, warehouse or other blue-collar sectors.

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And The Jobless Rate Is...

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Jobs Report February 2012, Video, Jobless Rate, Unemployment Rate, Unemployment Rate February 2012, Jobs Report, American Jobs, Unemployment Rate 2012, US Jobs, Business News

It's not hitting home runs or anything, but the job market is starting to put together a hitting streak of solid singles and doubles. The economy c...

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12 Lies That Politicians Say About Jobs

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Politics, Jobs Crisis, American Jobs, Myths Depression, Slidepollajax, Myths About Jobs Crisis, Myths About Jobs, Facts About American Jobs, Myths About America, Politicians Lies, Politicians Lies Jobs, Lies About Jobs, Books News

We're not going to rev up our economy's job creation capacity in just a few years. Anyone who says otherwise is selling something - usually themselves.

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Keystone XL Opponents Need a Jobs Program

Brendan Smith | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Environment, American Jobs Act, Jobs Crisis, Green Jobs, Keystone XL Pipeline, Jobs Program, American Jobs, Labor Movement, Labor-Reform, Green News

If we fail to become the voice for both the planet and workers, our movement risks losing the support of increasing numbers of workers, unions and their political allies.

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Memo from Davos: Down with Democracy!

Daniel A. Bell | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Outsourcing, u.s. Jobs, State of the Union, Unemployment, American Jobs, Davos, Davos 2012, Jobs, World Economic Forum 2012, World Economic Forum, Business News

What makes sense from a democratic perspective may not make sense from a moral point of view. Or so it was suggested earlier today at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum at Davos.

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Republican Leaders Quietly Support Unemployment Reauthorization

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Video, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Unemployment Benefits, Jobless, Jobs, Ui, American Jobs, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- For the second year in a row, Congress must decide during the holiday season whether to renew federal jobless benefits for people out of...

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Senate Republicans Successfully Filibuster American Jobs

Bob Cesca | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Economy, Great Recession, GOP Filibuster, Tax Cuts, Filibuster, American Jobs Act, American Jobs, Frank Luntz, Reaganomics, Recession, Bush Tax Cuts, American Jobs Act Senate, Obama Jobs Plan, American Jobs Act Filibuster, Politics News

When I heard President Obama announce The American Jobs Act, I mistakenly thought the Republicans wouldn't dare vote against "American jobs."

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In July, U.S. Businesses Post Most Job Openings In Three Years

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: USA Jobs, Hiring July, Unemployment Crisis, Job Openings July, Job Openings Summer, American Jobs, Business Hiring, US Jobs, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON — Companies in July advertised the most jobs in three years, and layoffs declined – a bit of hope for a weak economy. Still, ma...

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How SecondMarket Gives Startups A Bridge To An IPO

Barry Silbert | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Secondary Market, Liquidity, Innovation, Entrepreneurs, Private Company Stock, Venture Capital, Private Companies, #4StartupAct, Growth Market, Growth Companies, Secondmarket, Alternative Investments Regulatory Changes, Electronic Trading, Startups, Sec, American Jobs, US Public Stock Market, Small Business America, Business News

How does a startup know when the time is right to leverage the private company stock market? Although there is no clear-cut formula, certain indicators, such as number of shareholders, the age of the startup, and market traction can be utilized.

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Why Startups Are Shying Away From IPOs

Barry Silbert | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Sec, Secondary Market, Secondmarket, Private Company Stock, Private Companies, Startups, US Public Stock Market, Entrepreneurs, American Jobs, Regulatory Changes, Electronic Trading, Venture Capital, Growth Companies, Small Business America, Business News

Many Americans are unaware that the U.S. public stock markets no longer support growth-stage companies. Systemic changes have caused companies to remain private far longer than in previous decades.

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The Servant Problem: In Search of the Lost Battalion of America's Unemployed

Lewis Lapham | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Lower Class Jobs, Jobs, America Unemployment, U.S. Unemployment Rates, American Jobs, U.S. Unemployment, Unemployment, Politics News

From the tone of the conversation on America's unemployed, I can imagine myself at a lawn party, listening to the lady in the flowered hat talk about the difficulty of finding decent help.

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Help Wanted! -- (But Not Here)

Dan Rather | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Outsourcing Jobs, u.s. Jobs, India, General Electric, American Jobs, Ge, Jobs Overseas, Offshoring Jobs, Creating Jobs, American Economy, India Jobs, India Hi Tech Industry, Job Creation, Jeff Immelt, Business News

We're not just creating overseas jobs at an astounding rate, we're off-shoring the innovation and the know-how that we need to lay the groundwork for the future of the American economy.

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Job-Creation Idea No. 11: Buy American -- If You Can

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Jobs, Job Creation, Buy American, America Needs Jobs, 20 Jobs Ideas, Facebook, Business News

(No. 11 in Huffington Post's America Needs Jobs series.) "Buy American" -- it's one of the most common suggestions I get from readers emailing me wit...

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What Robert Kennedy Said

Alan Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alan Grayson, Labor Day, Jobs, American Jobs, Unemployment, Politics News

Do you live to work, or do you work to live? I look forward to a Labor Day where every worker has a job, every worker has a pension, every worker has paid vacations, and every worker has the health care to enjoy life.

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U.S. Call Centers Wokers Now As Cheap To Hire As Their Indian Counterparts

ft.com | James Lamont and Joe Leahy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India Call Center Jobs, Call Centers, India Jobs, Call Center Workers, India Economy, Outsourcing, American Jobs, Business News

Call centre workers are becoming as cheap to hire in the US as they are in India, according to the head of the country's largest business process outs...

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The "Put Up or Shut Up" Policy That Will Spur Rapid, Sustained Economic Growth

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 50% Tax Rate, Reagan, Capital Gains Tax Rates, Republicans, American Jobs, Righwing, Business News

According to Republicans, tax-cuts solve all economic problems. According to Democrats , massive government spending in times of economic contraction is a necessary. Let us test both premises.

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Haiti -- "Build Back Better"

Eli Attia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, Rebuilding, Design, Architecture, Sustainability, Jobs, American Jobs, Technology, Roosevelt, World News

As billions of dollars will be poured into Haiti's rebuilding, there's absolutely nothing anywhere that comes even close to what Roundhouse Technology offers in every respect.

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How Much Longer Can the GOP Maintain Credibility When All They Say Is "No! No! No! No! No!"?

Kara Vallow | Posted 05.25.2011

It seems that there is no Republican principle that cannot be instantly disavowed if Obama decides it's worth backing.

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Cap and Trade What?

Wendy Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cap and Trade, Energy Efficiency, Green Jobs, Aces, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Global Warming Pollution, American Jobs, Global Warming, Green News

Cap and trade is a familiar, effective means to reduce pollution. In the 1990s, the U.S. acid rain cap and trade program achieved 100 percent compliance in reducing sulfur dioxide emissions.

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The Death of GM: A Much Needed Wake-Up Call

Bobbie Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uaw, Autoworkers, General Motors, Gm, General Motors Bankruptcy, American Jobs, Unions, Business News

This is not a worker problem, it's a management problem. Autoworkers produce quality products. It was management that decided what those products would be.

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Some advice for Aneesh Chopra, Obama's New CTO

Don Tapscott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Web 2.0, Politics, Internet, Obama Appointments, Cto, Chief Technology Officer, President Obama, Obama Administration, Obama CTO, Techonology Health Care, American Jobs, Information Technology, Vivek Kundra, Obama Technology, Politics News

President Obama has announced the long awaited choice for his Chief Technology Officer -- Aneesh Chopra. Says Tim O'Reilly "Aneesh Chopra is a rock s...

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Manufacturing a Dream and a Recovery

Scott Paul | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infrastructure, Economic Stimulus, American Manufacturing, Taxes, U.S. Economy, Economy, Economic Crisis, Manufacturing, Community Organizer, Jobs, Credit Crisis, Taxpayers, Barack Obama, Manufacturing Jobs, US Economy, Obama Economic Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Wall Street Crisis, Job Cuts, Wall Street, Chicago, South Side of Chicago, Community Organizing, American Jobs, Housing Bubble, Politics News

If the destruction of capitalism and the arc of history were responsible for American manufacturing's steep decline, there would be a legitimate debate about whether it's worth saving.

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