OCTOBER 2015 Unemployment Data–the Full Count* (U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT: 5.0%*[Analyses] White 4.4% African American 9.2% Hispanic 6.3% Asian** 3.5% Persons with a disability** 10.5% Men 20 years and over 4.7% Women 20 years and over 4.5% Teens (16-19 years) 15.9% Black teens 25.6% Officially unemployed 7.9 million *If… Read More Unemployment Data – October 2015
SEPTEMBER 2015 Unemployment Data — the Full Count* (U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) Official Unemployment: 5.1%*[Analyses] White: 4.4% African American: 9.2% Hispanic: 6.4% Asian**: 3.6% Persons with a disability**: 10.4% Men 20 years and over: 4.7% Women 20 years and over: 4.6% Teens (16-19 years): 16.3% Black teens: 31.5% Officially unemployed: 7.9 million *If the… Read More Unemployment Data: September 2015
AUGUST 2015 Unemployment Data — the Full Count* (U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT: 5.1%* White: 4.4% African American: 9.5% Hispanic: 6.6% Asian**: 3.5% Persons with a disability**: 10.2% Men 20 years and over: 4.7% Women 20 years and over: 4.7% Teens (16-19 years): 16.9% Black teens: 31.3% Officially unemployed: 8.0 million *If the… Read More Unemployment Data: August 2015
A COALITION REPRINT: December, 1996 by Helen Lachs Ginsburg, Economics, Emerita, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York; author, Full Employment and Public Policy: The United States and Sweden.  The author wishes to thank Al Burke for his help. Until recently, full employment was the highest priority of Swedish society and of the… Read More Sweden: Fall from Grace*
