Unemployment

What Happens When The Government Thinks You’re Dead?

A bureaucratic horror story.

Unemployment Not Absolutely the Worst Ever!

This morning’s new job numbers: what do they mean?

In the Last Year, It’s Like the Entire City of Philadelphia Lost Their Jobs

The 2009 GDP? It’s the Worst Since 1946 — And 7.6 Million Jobs Disappeared in Two Years

We’re going to talk about math and finance here, so take a deep breath. I’ll go slow for you! The big headline today is that, from 2009’s third quarter to the fourth quarter, the…

Black Unemployment Reaches “Great Depression Proportions”

In the 1960s, the African-American unemployment rate in New York City was nearly identical to the white people unemployment rate. But by 1990, black people were well more than twice as likely to be unemployed as white people. Ever…