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Scott Ebisch in The CoffeeliciousSep 9, 2015

Unemployment

I have lost my fair share of jobs. And I always wondered how and why the unemployment office is never hiring but is often fully staffed.

CEPRNov 4, 20156 min read

The Problem of Black Unemployment: Racial Inequalities Persist Even Amongst the Unemployed

by Nick Buffie

In October 2009, the unemployment rate peaked at 10.0 percent. That same month, unemployment was 9.2 percent for white Americans and 15…

James Kwak in Bull MarketMay 13, 20152 min read

Why Your Wages Aren’t Going Up

Even as the unemployment rate goes down

Urbanity Planet in Panel & FrameMar 28

Escape from Planet Earth

We’ve been following Dani’s path to Planet N!#ult0n for the past few weeks. Read from the beginning.

Richard ChirgwinDec 18, 20153 min read

Job-seekers bullied at every turn. And we’re fine with that

The world is a long way short of eliminating workplace bullying, but employees do at least have rights. Why do we let recruitment companies treat candidates as legitimate targets for abuse?

Dean BakerJan 263 min read

Are the Irish Speeding? And Why It Means We Might be Throwing Trillions in the Toilet

I was struck to see a news article reporting the estimate from Ireland’s central bank that the economy grew by 6.6 percent in 2015. The article reported that the economy is projected to grow 4.8 percent in 2016 and 4.4 percent in 2017. This…

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Steve KingSep 9, 2015

How BIG is the GIG (Economy)?

Steven Hill

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In defense of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Congress has turned down their requests for funding to assess the size and growth of this sector for several years running. Because of this, they’ve been unable to update their mid-2000 work on alternative work arrangements. Hopefully, the attention this sector is getting will result in the BLS getting the modest amount of money they need to do this work.

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Suzy BJul 6, 20152 min read

Tale of Being Unemployed

Well, I have had several failed blog attempts in my past, some because I didn’t actually have enough stories to share, some because I was stupid and young and started drama among friend groups and well let’s see how well this goes over.

Matt OrfaleaMar 173 min read

Self Employment (Explained through Rap)

Romantic Interest: So what does self employed mean exactly?
The Self Employed: Let me try…

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Michael O'ConnorFeb 284 min read

Peering …

I commented on Dr Adam Perkins assertions about unemployed people being more likely to have children a couple of days ago here. My Twitter timeline suggests that the central point needs spelling out even more clearly. So here are three simple observations.