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3 Ways to Find a Job

Blythe McGarvie | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Flexible, Homework, Working, Unemployment Rate, Food Business, New Jobs, Self-Improvement, College Graduates, Business News
Blythe McGarvie

Even coming out of school, most graduates can quantify how they made a difference rather than just participate in an organization, volunteer or otherwise.

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Unemployment Solution: Pay People to Work Shorter Hours

Dean Baker | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment Benefits, Stimulus Unemployment, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Work Share, New Deal 2.0, Business News
Dean Baker

Imagine if workers in the US, like workers in Germany, were dealing with the recession by putting in four-day weeks (while getting paid for five) or getting an extra two weeks of paid vacation. This sure beats being unemployed.

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Nouriel Roubini: Unemployment Hasn't Peaked, Worst Yet To Come

RGE | Nouriel Roubini | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Job Losses, Jobless Rate, Unemployment, Nouriel Roubini, Unemployment Rate, RGE Monitor, Unemployment Forecasts, Roubini Dr Doom, Business News

Think the worst is over? Wrong. Conditions in the U.S. labor markets are awful and worsening. While the official unemployment rate is already 10.2% an...

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A Wake Up Call on Jobs

Robert Kuttner | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Larry Summers, Obama Unemployment, Gdp, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Obama Jobs Summit, Jobs Summit, National Deficit, Politics News
Robert Kuttner

President Obama has announced a White House Jobs Summit for next month. However, this is not a moment for another White House gab fest. It's a time for progressive leadership.

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Dean Baker: Job Sharing Could Ease Unemployment

The Atlantic Business Channel | Derek Thompson | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Obama Stimulus Plan, Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Job Sharing, Jobs, Paul Krugman, Payroll, Recession, Dean Baker, Business News

Paul Krugman today solidifies his membership in the Job Squad, that growing contingent of bloggers and policy mavens calling for a new stimulus direct...

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Family Of Veterans Evicted On Veterans Day

Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment Rate, Tent Cities, Veterans Day, Dave Randlett, Bearing Witness, Pit Bull, Veterans, Michael Talton, Tent City, Thane Campground, Unemployment, Patrick Bettendorf, Chicago Urban League, Travers Marshall, Camping, Bearing Witness 2.0, Foreclosure, Don Cook Jr, Business News

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. A family of six in Avon P...

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Navigating the Jobs Crisis: Time for a New 'New Deal' Jobs Program

L. Randall Wray | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Job Guarantee, Jobs, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, New Deal, Business News
L. Randall Wray

We must use the principles of the New Deal, but create something both broader and permanent: a universal job guarantee available through the thick and thin of the business cycle.

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Hold the Hofstadter: Why the GOP Is Winning 2010

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Unemployment Rate, New Deal, 2010 Elections, The Death of Conservatism, Mike Pence, Tea Parties, Gross Domestic Product, Democrats, Barack Obama, Everett Carll Ladd, Richard Hofstadter, 2010, Unemployment, Lyndon B. Johnson, Great Society, Gdp, Lyndon Johnson, Republicans, Tea Party, Republican Party, One Year Later, Sam Tanenhaus, Politics News
John R. Bohrer

Over the last few months, a number of prominent political columnists have pointed to historian and social critic Richard Hofstadter to explain what is happening to the Republican Party. Here's why they shouldn't.

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History May Repeat Itself, But Never Exactly

Lynn Tilton | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Lynn Tilton, Economy, Politics News
Lynn Tilton

As we forecast employment, we cannot embrace history without adjustment for the unique economic character of this Great Recession that began in December 2007.

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Cancer Patient Faces End Of Insurance

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Hooks for Books, Preexisting Condition, Unemployment, Public Housing, Unemployment Rate, Frank Jennings, Bearing Witness 2.0, Roy Smyth, Bearing Witness, Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati, Karen Jennings, Sandra Ingram, Business News

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. Sandra Ingram's health in...

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How The Government Is Swallowing The Economy: U.S. News

usnews.com | Rick Newman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Jobs, Unemployment Benefits, Obama Jobs, Unemployment, Social Security, Unemployment Rate, Recession, Rick Newman, Business News

You know about the bailouts, the stimulus plan, cash for clunkers, and moola for mansions. But for all the anxiety they've caused, those government gi...

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Jobless Recovery: New York Times Op-Ed On The Worst Job Market Since WWII

nytimes.com | NYT | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Barack Obma, Job Market, Unemployment, Jobless Rate, Unemployment Rate, Jobless Recovery, New York Times, Jobs, Stimulus, Business News

If you are looking for an economic recovery you can believe in, the October employment report is not for you. ...

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Elizabeth Warren: We Rescued The Top Of The System, Left The Bottom To Fend For Itself (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment Numbers, Elizabeth Warren TARP, Elizabeth Warren, Unemployment, Bailout, Unemployment Rate, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Banks, Elizabeth Warren Video, Elizabeth Warren Unemployment Numbers, Transparency, Business News

Elizabeth Warren, the chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel charged with monitoring the bank bailout, was on Morning Joe Friday morning to dig in...

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Jobs Report: Unemployment Breaks 10%

Jill Schlesinger | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business

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Jill Schlesinger

For the first time since 1983, over 1 out of every 10 American is out of work. How's that for starting your Friday with some sobering news?

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Homebuyer Credit And Unemployment Extension Bills To Be Signed By Obama

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed a $24 billion economic stimulus bill into law Friday, giving tax incentives to prospective homebuyers...

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Unemployment Rate Hits 10 Percent For The First Time Since 1983

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Job Market, Job Numbers, Jobless Rate, Unemployment Rate, Unemployment Statitistics, Department of Labor, Part-Time Jobs, 1983, Business News

WASHINGTON — Just when it was beginning to look a little better, the economy relapsed Friday with a return to double-digit unemployment for only...

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Why We Need Even More Stimulus

Robert Reich | Posted 11.08.2009 | Business

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Robert Reich

2009-11-05-reich2.jpgObama must return to Congress for more stimulus spending. Here's how he should sell it.

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Health Care Reform is Critically Important, But Getting Americans Back to Work is More So

Robert Reich | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Unemployment Rate, Dick Morris, Jobs, Barack Obama, Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Wall Street, Federal Budget Deficit, Stimulus Package, Health Care Reform, Financial Crisis, Jimmy Carter, Economic Recovery, Alan Greenspan, Health Care, Politics News
Robert Reich

The optimist in me says Obama can pivot off a health-care victory and launch some new initiatives that palpably and quickly spur job growth. The realist says there aren't any such initiatives.

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Left, Right & Center: Live from the Broad Stage in Santa Monica

Huff TV | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics

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Huff TV

Watch as Arianna and her Left, Right & Center co-panelists take on the economy, health care, Afghanistan, Iraq and Obama, during a special live taping...

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The Hapless Struggle: Trying to Meet All Your Responsibilities Equally!

Judith M. Bardwick | Posted 10.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Deep Recession, Balanced Life, Successful People, Unemployment Rate, External Pressures, Competitive Childrearing, Living News
Judith M. Bardwick

As a nation we need to do a better job of increasing the well-being of our people.

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The Case For More Stimulus: NYT

New York Times | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

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The consensus among economists is that the recession is over, and, technically, the herd is probably right. Corporate profitability has been boosted b...

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7,000 Americans Run Out Of Unemployment Benefits Every Day

Yahoo! Finance | Tami Luhby, CNNMoney.Com Senior Writer | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

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Another day, another 7,000 people run out of unemployment benefits....

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The Government Needs to Take the Reins In Job Creation

Sen. Arlen Specter | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Economic Stimulus Package, Unemployment, Jobless Rate, Tax Credits, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Obama Job Creation, Job Creation, Tax Credit, Politics News
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.

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Why States Like Michigan Are Failing

Susan J. Demas | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Michigan Budget, Republicans Taxes, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, 15.3 Percent Unemployment, Michigan Unemployment, Mike Bishop, Michigan, Michigan-Budget, Republians, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

How does our state rebuild when a quarter or a third of our citizens don't receive the help they need from the state so they can get a job, see a doctor, stay in school, keep their homes or eat dinner tonight?

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Frank Rich: Goldman Can Spare You A Dime

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Timothy Geithner, Larry Summers, Economy, Barney Frank, Jobless, Regulation, Obama, Reform, Lloyd Blankfein, Frank Rich, Unemployment Rate, Goldman Sachs, White House, Jobless Rate, Bailout, Treasury, Blankfein, Wall Street, Health Care, Greed, Sec, Depression, Senate Finance Committee, Derivatives, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Goldman, Recession, Financial Services Committee, Health Care Reform, Bonuses, House Financial Services Committee, Business News

As leader of the Wall Street pack, Goldman declared surging profits, keeping it on track to dispense a record $23 billion in bonuses for 2009. But mos...

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