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Oct 7, 2024
Something doesn’t add up. According to official government reports, the economy added 7.8 million new payroll jobs over the past five years but gained only 3.7 million new workers....
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Oct 2, 2024
The current lack of automation is a primary reason that U.S. ports rank near the bottom of global port efficiency ratings.
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Sep 27, 2024
Roughly one in 10 American workers are self-employed, and roughly one in 3 perform some type of independent work, whether that is full-time or part-time employment or a side hustle...
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Sep 6, 2024
The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced a major downward revision of its reported payroll job gains, effectively wiping out 28 percent of the past year’s reported gains. These...
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Aug 21, 2024
Do we need universal basic income? Some economists say we do. They claim that UBI—a taxpayer-funded minimum monthly payment with no strings attached—would reduce poverty and...
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Jul 26, 2024
Across the United States, about half of all states raised their minimum wages in 2024. Most of those increases went into effect on January 1, while minimum wage hikes also went into...
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Jun 19, 2024
If Congress does nothing to address Social Security’s shortfalls, benefits will be cut by 21 percent, across the board beginning in just nine years—in 2033. That means that...
Oct 7, 2024Something doesn’t add up. According to official government reports, the economy added 7.8 million new payroll jobs over the past five years but gained only 3.7 million new workers....
Oct 2, 2024The current lack of automation is a primary reason that U.S. ports rank near the bottom of global port efficiency ratings.
Sep 27, 2024Roughly one in 10 American workers are self-employed, and roughly one in 3 perform some type of independent work, whether that is full-time or part-time employment or a side hustle...
Sep 6, 2024The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced a major downward revision of its reported payroll job gains, effectively wiping out 28 percent of the past year’s reported gains. These...
Aug 21, 2024Do we need universal basic income? Some economists say we do. They claim that UBI—a taxpayer-funded minimum monthly payment with no strings attached—would reduce poverty and...
Jun 19, 2024If Congress does nothing to address Social Security’s shortfalls, benefits will be cut by 21 percent, across the board beginning in just nine years—in 2033. That means that...