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Hope for Jobs, Prepare for Recession in 2015
The economy is booming. So where are the jobs?
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Good Economic News in the US Should Not Lead to Complacency
The Fed should wait until it sees the whites of inflation's eyes before it raises rates.
Pipe Dreams? Labor Researchers Say Keystone XL Project May Kill More Jobs Than It Creates
Labor researchers say the jobs figures for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline have been vastly distorted.
The Job Opportunity Cost of War
Net job creation would have been 1 to 2 million jobs greater if the US had not been at war.
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Economy Adds 321,000 Jobs, Strongest Gain in Almost Three Years
Over the last three months wages grew at a 1.8 percent annual rate.
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Leave No Generation Behind
A tax on inherited wealth could eliminate student debt while reducing growing inequality.
Americans Are Working So Hard It’s Actually Killing People
The jobless recovery means massive speedups for many workers you depend on.
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Building Trades Chief Lauds Fracking Boom, Shrugs Off Environmental Concerns
On the issue of fracking, public tolerance is waning, but the trades unions aren't backing down.
New Factories Have Jobs You’d Really Want – and These Chicago Kids Are Skilling Up to Get Them
Manufacturing jobs are returning to the US, but to fill them weu2019ll have to train a new generation of workers.
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The Resurgence of the Public Education Nation
The growing movement against corporate-style education reform comes together around the question: What are we for?