By Frank Stricker The U.S. economy performed pretty well in the second quarter (April-June), growing at the rate of 2.8%. Also, price increases have been moderating in many… Read More The Job Situation in July of 2024
by Sarianna Sabbarese In Connecticut, soaring wealth and deep poverty are practically neighbors. A microcosm of the income and wealth inequality that negatively impacts so many Americans, Connecticut has become an important site for the National Jobs for All Network (NJFAN) to begin laying state-level groundwork for a Federal Job Guarantee. The CT Jobs and… Read More The Jobs and Human Rights Task Force: Jobs For All’s Connecticut Arm
University of Chicago Press, 2023. Reviewed by Trudy Goldberg In this ambitious, important book–especially for advocates of economic justice—economist Mark Paul “offer[s] a comprehensive prescription that aims to address the problem of persistent economic insecurity in America, one based on an expanded notion of American freedom and grounded in an alternative model of economic thought.”… Read More Book Review: The Ends of Freedom: Reclaiming America’s Lost Promise of Economic Rights, by Mark Paul
by Trudy Goldberg Chief among the sources of inspiration for the National Jobs for All Network is this ground-breaking proposal of Franklin Roosevelt–for a Second or Economic Bill of Rights. In his 1945 State of the Union Address–when he repeated this call for a Second Bill of Rights–FDR referred to the guarantee of employment as “the… Read More The Economic Bill of Rights and the National Jobs for All Network
By Frank Stricker Are we on the precipice of a recession? Some experts think so. Neil Dutta wrote a piece for Business Insider with this title: “We’re on the Brink of an Unemployment Fiasco.” At The American Prospect, Ryan Cooper’s article revealed a lack of reverence for the Chair of the Federal Reserve: “Inflation is… Read More Are We on the Verge? The Jobs Report for June 2024
