Job Creation

Jobs 1.0: Creating Jobs Without Busting The Budget

James Adler | Posted 12.03.2009 | Los Angeles


James Adler

The experience of the New Deal is instructive. Using stimulus money, LA County has designed a program to create 10,000 new jobs paying $10 per hour for 40 hours per week.

Shahien Nasiripour

No Easy Jumpstart To Get Small Business Hiring Again

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 12.03.2009 | Business


As 130 business, labor and thought leaders converge on the White House today to discuss ways to create more jobs, the nation's main engine for job cre...

Obama's Jobs Summit: Focus Turns To Putting People Back To Work

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 12.04.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama promised at a White House jobs forum on Thursday to take "every responsible step to accelerate job creation,...

Volunteers will create One Million New Businesses

Jerry Chautin | Posted 12.02.2009 | Business


Jerry Chautin

The common denominator among SCORE volunteers is that they will be passionate about creating new jobs and helping their clients launch new businesses successfully.

Jeff Muskus

House Pushes Forward On Estate-Tax Break, Pushes Back Jobs Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics


Job creation will probably have to wait until next year but the House is determined to extend the estate tax break permanently before leaving for the ...

New Jobs: How Los Angeles Is Getting Creative To Fight Downturn

Reuters | Mary Milliken | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business


LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a depressed neighborhood in the City of Angels, hundreds of good jobs appeared to fall from the sky last week....

Paul Krugman: Germany's Jobs, Unemployment Miracle Can Teach US

New York Times | PAUL KRUGMAN | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business


Germany's jobs miracle hasn't received much attention in this country -- but it's real, it's striking, and it raises serious questions about whether t...

A Bold Action Plan for US Jobs Recovery!

Kenneth N. Davis | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


Kenneth N. Davis

It's time for the Obama Administration to make jobs a much higher priority and to strongly back S 3899 as one of the main answers.

A Year Later -- My Clarion Call to America Left Unanswered

Lynn Tilton | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business


Lynn Tilton

We are living in interesting times and the road to resurgence will be long and fraught with obstacles. The path to economic recovery begins with truth.

Job Losses? Not in North Dakota. A Stimulus Plan That Really Works

Ellen Brown | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business


Ellen Brown

Why is North Dakota doing so well, when other states are suffering the ravages of a deepening credit crisis? Its secret may be that it has its own credit machine.

Early Reports: Stimulus Saved, Created 388,000 Jobs

USA Today | By Brad Heath and Matt Kelley, USA TODAY | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business


States have reported using stimulus money to create or save more than 388,000 jobs so far this year, buttressing the Obama administration's claim that...

The Government Needs to Take the Reins In Job Creation

Sen. Arlen Specter | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics


Sen. Arlen Specter

Recent signs of recovery and those who say the recession is over are cold comfort for the millions who are still searching for work or have stopped looking. Their world is bound by paying the bills and raising families.

Commercial Real Estate: 90% Financing at Low Rates Is Possible

Jerry Chautin | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business


Jerry Chautin

The lesser-known 504 program from the U.S. Small Business Administration can be ideal for small-business owners to buy, build or rehabilitate commercial buildings.

Obama Looks To Fix Safety Net As Unemployment Rate Rises

The New York Times | Jackie Calmes | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON -- With unemployment expected to rise well into next year even as the economy slowly recovers, the Obama administration and Democratic lead...

Colorado's Recovery Requires More Lending to Small Businesses

Jim Thomas | Posted 10.06.2009 | Denver


Jim Thomas

We don't need to resolve a complex national debate on health care to help small companies. Easier access to cash will enable emerging companies to start hiring and our Colorado economy to start climbing.

The Phantom Recovery and What To Do About Jobs

Robert Reich | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business


Robert Reich

The economy may be in a technical recovery but this is not a real recovery and the "green shoots" or "positive signs" that Wall Street cheerleaders love to shout about are phantoms of their ever-optimistic imaginations.

Where Will the Jobs Come From?

John K. Delaney | Posted 12.02.2009 | Business


John K. Delaney

To be an employed nation we have to return to our roots and embrace, encourage and reward entrepreneurs and small businesses.

Goodwill Is Rad

Jim Gibbons | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living


Jim Gibbons

I read recently that Paramore, the Grammy-nominated, pop-punk band, do their shopping at a down-to-earth location: the Franklin, Tennessee, Goodwill Store.

What is Work? Listening to Inspiration, With Songwriter Darrell Scott

Sharon Glassman | Posted 11.17.2009 | Entertainment


Sharon Glassman

Two years ago, during a working trip to Lyons, musician Darrell Scott visited an energy healer. It changed the way he thinks about music.

Will Low-Skilled Workers Benefit from Economic Recovery?

Brandon Roberts | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business


Brandon Roberts

For millions of Americans at the margins of the labor market, a return to aggregate economic growth is unlikely to improve their personal circumstances.

New Economic Data Shows that Right Wing Economic Theory Is Simply Wrong.

Robert Creamer | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics


Robert Creamer

The Republicans and the Right Wing establishment will continue to ignore reality, to repeat their slogans, to pander to fear, and stand up for wealthy special interests. But history has rendered its verdict.

Rooting for the Worst

Michael Roth | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics


Michael Roth

They want the president to fail. That's the drumbeat we've heard for months now. What makes opposition take the form of rooting for the worst outcome?

The F-22 Kills Jobs

William Hartung | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business


William Hartung

It's down to the wire in the battle to keep the Senate from adding $1.75 billion to the Pentagon budget for more F-22 fighter planes, and the proponents of more pork are running out of arguments.

A Lost Decade For Jobs

BusinessWeek | Posted 07.24.2009 | Business


Private sector job growth was almost non-existent over the past ten years. Take a look at this horrifying chart:...

Politics Like Cancer

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics


Sen. Fritz Hollings

Politics is like cancer -- if you don't catch it in time, you don't have a chance. If the budget deficits and deficits in jobs from offshoring are not caught now, by 2012 we'll give it back to the Republicans.