Learn German, Then Stay Home Anyway
Unemployed Europeans are studying German to find work. But so are the employed ones.
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Why This Particular Recovery Is So Bad at Creating New Jobs
The good news: Economists are starting to come up with some decent theories as to why this recovery is so bad at generating employment. Now here's the bad news.
The Continuing Unsatisfactory Economic Expansion
Consumer spending is up, but we still have far fewer jobs than when the recession started.
Stuck in Canada
You want to encourage talent to follow the jobs, but Canadians resist migration. Why?
Things Aren’t Looking So Good for the Graduating Class of 2013
How are young adults coping with a weak job market?
Benefits of Bowling Alone
Too much social capital can be a bad thing, keeping people rooted where they are instead of encouraging them to follow the jobs.
#OWS: Have We Entered the Age of Protest?
Popular movements like Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party suggest that mass demonstrations have moved from the last resort of the powerless to the first resort of the newly empowered.
Do the Rich Really Make All the Jobs?
The argument that taxing the rich is bad because they're responsible for making jobs has some merit, says a researcher, but only for a subset of the wealthy — those funding start-ups.
Bridging the Budget Gap With Stolen Lunch Money
Results of a survey from the American Association of School Administrators shows how K-12 school officials across the country made cuts to their schools' programs.
Perhaps Veterans Don’t Need Special Job Help
While the Obama administration pushes forward the idea of a "reverse boot camp" for veterans mustering out, economists say these unemployed vets aren't all that different from civilian jobless.