One unanticipated fall out of the financial crisis is that now, lo and behold, Senator McCain has proclaimed "workers are the backbone of the economy...
Jeff Madrick | Posted 09.16.2008 | Business
Of course, Americans workers are energetic and skilled. But this does not mean the fundamentals are nearly in place for rapid economic growth in the new global environment.
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 09.01.2008 | Business
One of the most important problems that our economy has faced for the last 30 years has been stagnating real wages.
Rep. George Miller | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics
Our nation's workers, battered by unfair global competition, stagnant wages, declining benefits, and poor employer compliance with labor laws, deserve a Department of Labor that lives up to its name.
Thomas Kochan | Posted 08.27.2008 | Politics
The biggest breakthrough for workers is that, in Obama, they would have a president who sees unions as the key to providing the bargaining power they need to secure a decent middle class living.
ZP Heller | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics
As to Wal-Mart scaring workers into believing that if Democrats win in November, they will lose, I ask this: if you're a Wal-Mart employee who's making a meager hourly wage that doesn't even cover the cost of food for your family or doctors' visits for your children, haven't you lost already?
Bruce Raynor | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
The bubbles have burst. Our economy is sinking. Americans are looking for a new approach. The increase in the minimum wage points the way forward.
David Nassar | Posted 07.16.2008 | Business
Instead of perpetuating a cycle of poverty among its workers, it's time Wal-Mart consider a meaningful wage increase for its U.S. employees who are struggling to make ends.
Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 07.02.2008 | Business
The long term massive substitution of technology-driven innovation, fueled with cheap wages and energy, may be at increasing risk. Rising energy costs are hard to substitute around.
Alexandra Estes | Posted 06.25.2008 | Living
John McCain quipped that rather than earning a pay rate equal to a man's, for doing the same job, a little more "education and training" will help cure the woes of working women.
Robyn Blumner | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics
Our nation is increasingly becoming one of haves and have-nots, mired in income inequality more severe than at any time since the days of robber barons.
Jonathan Tasini | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics
I meant the "breaking" as a snark, in case it wasn't obvious. For everyone but the pro- so-called "free trade" crowd (economists, elites and too many ...
Daniel Holloway | Posted 05.20.2008 | Entertainment
I now look forward to Carrie Bradshaw's big screen debut about as much as I look forward to the day when I arrive in hell and am told David Spade is my roommate.
Fred Hochberg | Posted 05.13.2008 | Business
The best way to get people spending again is to create good jobs at good wages. Today, small businesses remain the best engine for job growth and the economy.
Kevin Phillips | Posted 05.08.2008 | Business
Americans are now beginning to understand that the government's vaunted Consumer Price Index has its own share of gimmicks not unlike a sub-prime mortgage or the six pages of fine print that accompanies your credit card agreement.
Los Angeles Times | Jerry Hirsch | Posted 04.29.2008 | Business
Jocelyne Aposaga is a hairstylist who relies on tips for about 20% of her income. As the economy slumps, she has a new survival plan: cut tips. When ...
Jeff Madrick | Posted 04.08.2008 | Business
What to remember about the silly debate over the nomenclature is that recession affects most of us. The median American wage in 2010 could very well be what it was in 1995 or 1996.
John Sweeney | Posted 02.08.2008 | Politics
...
Byron Williams | Posted 11.11.2007 | Business
The combined increase in gas prices along with home heating cost this winter translate to a tightening of consumer budgets--canceling out the good economic news regarding jobs and wages.
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 10.10.2007 | Politics
the last three decades of foreign commercial policy have been a net loss for the vast majority of Americans.
AP | Emily Fredrix | Posted 09.11.2007 | Business
Health insurance premiums paid by workers and their employers rose an average of 6.1% this year, outpacing inflation and pay increases and taking a bi...
Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 09.02.2007 | Politics
it seems a more accurate nomenclature for the official end of the holiday season and the return to our lengthening work hours and falling vacation times.
At a rally on Saturday in California,...
WASHINGTON — By claiming that Democrat Barack Obama is "palling around...
UPDATE: Radar reports that the Secret Service is investigating...
The McCain campaign is all set to roll out...
About a year ago, I had a memorable chat with a high-ranking Republican operative. ...
MCCAIN CAMP TALKS 'CHARACTER ASSASSINATION,'
On "Meet the Press" Sunday morning, vice presidential debate moderator Gwen Ifill said Palin "more...
Katie Couric was out shopping in midtown with her daughters...
Actor and activist Alec Baldwin appeared on "Real Time with Bill Maher" Friday night. At several points...
WASHINGTON — The now-bankrupt...
WASHINGTON — Hurricane Ike's winds and massive waves destroyed...
**SCROLL DOWN FOR SLIDESHOW** It looks like Barack Obama is not the only Democratic candidate who has...
Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who defied convention...
Thomas Kochan | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics