January 2022 Unemployment Data–the Full Count (U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT: 4.0%*[ANALYSES by EXPERTS] White 3.4% African American 6.9% Hispanic 4.9% Asian¹ 3.6% Persons with a disability¹ 9.1% Men 20 years and over 3.8% Women 20 years and over 3.6% Teens (16-19 years) 10.9% Black… Read More Unemployment Data–JANUARY 2022
Photo Credit: Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times This letter appeared in The New York Times on January 27. To the Editor: Re “How Did Democrats Let This Happen?,” by Bishop Reginald T. Jackson (Opinion guest essay, Jan. 17): Bishop Reginald T. Jackson calls out Democrats and especially President Biden for failure to lead… Read More Uniting for Voting Rights (Letter to the Editor, NY Times, 1/27/22)
By FRANK STRICKER Here are four key points to consider about the December 2021 Jobs report. 1. Just Pretty Good. This is not a bad job report. Even though we in the National Jobs for All Network believe it is a serious undercount, a 3.9% unemployment rate is historically quite a low official unemployment rate. And… Read More More Recovery and Reform, Please! The Employment Situation—December 2021
December 2021 Unemployment Data–the Full Count The BLS estimates that official unemployment this month may be understated by up to 0.1%, reflecting measurement problems. (U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT: 3.9%*[ANALYSES by EXPERTS] White 3.2% African American 7.1% Hispanic 4.9% Asian¹ 3.8% Persons with a disability¹ … Read More Unemployment Data–DECEMBER 2021
Pavlina R. Tcherneva (2020), The Case for a Job Guarantee, Cambridge: Polity Press, ₤9.99, pp. 140, pbk. doi:10.1017/S0047279421000568 Review by Martin Watts, University of New Castle, Australia Reprinted with permission, Journal of Social Policy. (2021), 50, 4, 891-901 © The Author, 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press. Monetary policy has been the dominant strand of… Read More Book Review: The Case for a Job Guarantee (1)
