An Affordable Job Guarantee Program lecture by Fadhel Kaboub
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIypDUVxGb8&w=640&h=360] Fadhel Kaboub is Associate Profe
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US Official Unemployment is at 3.9%? It is More Like 12%
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9fNrU9wvZ8&w=843&h=474] Unemployment is low and standard
Unemployment: The Silent Epidemic
By Pavlina R. Tcherneva, This paper examines two key aspects of unemployment—its propagation mechanism and socioeco
New Book: Gender and Time Use in a Global Context – The Economics of Employment and Unpaid Labor
From Palgrave. Edited by Rachel Connelly & Ebru Kongar, This edited volume uses a feminist approach to explore the
CALL FOR PAPERS: Freedom and Justice – Jobs, Economic Security, and Inclusion
The National Economic Association (NEA) and the American Society of Hispanic Economists (ASHE) announce and invite p
The French Economy, European Authorities, and the IMF: “Structural Reform” or Increasing Employment?
By Mark Weisbrot, Lara Merling, Alexander Main, and David Rosnick: This paper looks at two competing views among econo
Why We Need a Federal Job Guarantee
by Mark Paul, William Darity Jr, & Darrick Hamilton Universal basic income (UBI), an annual government-sponsore
Call For Papers: The Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA)
The Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) Program Committee seeks paper and session proposals offering
Top Eleven Dollars&Sense Charts and Graphs of 2016
D&S has compiled graphs & charts from the past year. Several draw on the series of “Economy in Numbers” columns
F@ck Work? Scott Ferguson on Universal Basic Income
By Scott Ferguson In the wake of Donald Trump’s alarming election to the White House, historian James Livingston publi
Producing Poverty: The Public Cost of Low-Wage Production Jobs in Manufacturing
From Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Much attention has been given in recent years to low-wage work in th
TANF didn’t fight poverty, full employment did
By Virginia Rutter Welfare reform hits 20 this month. The Center for Economic and Policy Research has done much work exa
In Historic NLRB Ruling, Temps Win the Right To Join Unions
A new ruling will enable temporary and permanent employees to come together to negotiate with their bosses in mixed b
Green Jobs & Sustainable Finance
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Arthur Macewan: Do Trade Agreements Foreclose Progressive Policy?
By Arthur Macewan From the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), adopted in the early 1990s, to the Trans-Pacif
Capital, Accumulation, Production and Employment: A WEA Online Conference
Can We Bend the Arc of Global Capital Toward Justice? is an online conference sponsored by the World Economics Associat