Category Archives: Jobs

It Sure Looks Like There’s a PhD Glut, Especially If You’re a Young PhD

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

And especially if you’re interested in traditional industry or academia. Comrade PhysioProf, however, declares: There is a big fucken snivel-fest going on over at DrugMonkey about how terrible it is for universities to increase the number of PhDs they award … Continue reading →

Posted in Funding, Jobs, NIH | 9 Comments

The False Distinction Between Innovation and Production: More Technobrat Follies

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

Many, many, many moons ago, there was a saying, “Never trust anyone over thirty.” Well, Matt Yglesias, along with older older economists who should know better, are turning that statement on its head. It doesn’t surprise me that Yglesias would … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Genomics, Jobs | 4 Comments

During the Bush Presidency, We Paid People to Do Stuff…And It Worked!

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

Leaving aside the idiotic conservative trope that “government jobs aren’t real jobs”–your local fireman or police officer might be surprised to learn that–the conservative opposition to reducing unemployment by paying people to do stuff that needs doing has been incredibly … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Economics, Fucking Morons, Jobs | 1 Comment

Let’s Pay People to Build Roads, Bridges, Ports and Railways

Posted on October 20, 2011 by

(from here) While a lot of things are fucked up, our transportation system should be high on the list: The U.S. population is forecast to grow by 100 million — a 30 percent increase — before the middle of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Jobs, Transportation

With ‘Progressive’ Wisdom Like This, Our Economy Is Doomed: Thoughts on Apple’s Future, and Development Versus Production

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

Progressive wunderkinder Matthew Yglesias demonstrates he doesn’t have a clue as to what it takes to actually manufacture a consumer good: What I think is interesting, however, is a scenario that we can be completely confident won’t be next for … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Engineering, Jobs | 3 Comments

I Would Love It If a Robot Could Steal Part of My Job

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

Because they already do. Farhad Manjoo is concerned about being by replaced by a robot: Artificial intelligence machines are getting so good, so quickly, that they’re poised to replace humans across a wide range of industries. In the next decade, … Continue reading →

Posted in Jobs, Robots | 5 Comments

Are High-Tech Workers Also Like “Milk Cartons”?

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

Anthropologist Ashley Mears decided to learn more about the fashion industry and how it treats models by becoming one. Here’s one thing she learned: The catch is that there simply isn’t much time to invest; the older a model gets, … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Jobs, We're Really Fucked | 5 Comments

Why Is Mayor Bloomberg Predicting Riots?

Posted on September 18, 2011 by

Recently, this interview with New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg came across the transom: MANHATTAN — Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned Friday that unless the economy improves substantially, young people without jobs could begin rioting in the streets. “You have a … Continue reading →

Posted in Jobs | 5 Comments

Do the Unemployed Not Want to Work? The Rise of Neo-Feudalism

Posted on September 7, 2011 by

I realize “Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) says something stupid” is a dog-bites-man headline, but this idiocy takes the cake: When the conversation turned toward the extension of unemployment benefits, DeMint again emphasized what he is supposedly hearing from the business … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic Human Decency, Bidness, Jobs | 1 Comment

Goverment Jobs Are Bad, But Government-Subsidized Jobs Are Normal?

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

The service industries’ profits are subsidized by the food stamp program, along with other social services such as Medicaid and SCHIP.
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Posted in Economics, Hunger, Jobs | 3 Comments