Category Archives: Jobs

A Thousand Jobs in the Hand Are Better Than…

Posted on August 25, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

…imaginary jobs that might or might not materialize.
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Posted in Economics, Jobs | 4 Comments

Unemployment and Employment Both Drop: Not a Lot of Good News

Posted on August 7, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

More people are just giving up on finding work all together.
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Posted in Jobs | 1 Comment

By the Sweat of Your Brow and the Fruits of Your Labor, Do They Propser

Posted on August 3, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

This is that whole ‘shared sacrifice’ thing everybody talks about: the wealthy sacrifice you, and then share you with their friends.
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Posted in Economics, Jobs | 15 Comments

Devil Take the Hindmost As Public Policy: Thoughts on Joblessness and Need

Posted on July 20, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

“That is what these [unemployment] numbers mean: millions of people, staring into the abyss of an empty future.”
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Posted in Basic Human Decency, Healthcare, Jobs | 7 Comments

We Are Worrying About the Wrong Deficit

Posted on July 15, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

We should be worrying about the employment deficit. Instead, we are worried about the budget deficit.
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Posted in Economics, Jobs | 3 Comments

Dear Atlantic, I Have a Jobs Creation Idea

Posted on July 13, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

It’s pretty simple.
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Posted in Jobs, Transportation | 10 Comments

Why We Aren’t All in This Together: The Middle Class’ Lack of Economic Agency

Posted on July 12, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

“Where is the agency in that person’s life, the meaningful space for political-economic action? She is made the scapegoat, the victim, of decisions made at altitudes far above her daily life…”
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Posted in Democrats, Jobs | 7 Comments

Mass Incarceration, Unemployment, and Employment

Posted on July 12, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

How the War on Drugs artificially deflates the jobs crisis.
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Posted in Jobs, We're Really Fucked | 8 Comments

The Employment Numbers Are Still Dreadful

Posted on July 9, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Employment stalls. Wages drop. Go figure.
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Posted in Conservatives, Economics, Jobs | 4 Comments

Why Do We Fetishize Budget Deficits and Not Trade Deficits?

Posted on July 8, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Deficits don’t matter, the causes of those deficits do.
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Posted in Economics, Energy, Jobs, Oil | 4 Comments