That New Unemployment Number Isn't As Good As You Think
Anyone who remembers the George W. Bush years, when the media and Democrats considered an unemployment rate of 6 percent...
Economy
North Dakota's March Unemployment Rate: 2.6%, Down From 3% A Year Ago
No surprises in the latest job numbers for North Dakota. Unemployment remains at a rock-bottom low. In fact, it went...
Obamacare Liberating Part-Time Workers From Larger Paychecks
Critics of Obamacare have been warning that the health care law would have major, deleterious impacts on the job markets....
North Dakota Leads States In Percentage Of Population Working
A couple of days ago Gallup released numbers showing North Dakota tops among states in that organization's Job Creation Index....
Hunger Games America: Districts Beat The Capital In Job Creation
America's present economic malaise is often described in terms of the popular book and move franchise The Hunger Games. It seems...
North Dakota Job Openings Decline, But There's Still A Worker Shortage
North Dakota jobs are still plentiful, but there aren't quite as many as before and growth seems to have plateaued....
CBO: Obamacare Will Eliminate 2.3 Million Jobs By 2021
The CBO has updated its projections for Obamacare's impact on the economy, and it's not pretty. By 2021 the CBO...
Extending Expanded Unemployment Benefits Is Bad For The Economy Says…Paul Krugman?
On his New York Times blog, Paul Krugman takes a shot at "right wing" thinking on extending expanded unemployment benefits,...
Chart Of The Day: Without Labor Force Shrinkage, Unemployment Rate Wouldn't Be Improving
By now most political observers (if not necessarily American voters in general) are well aware of the problems with the...
"For Every One Job Added, Nearly 5 People Left the Workforce"
I pointed out the negative aspects of the jobs report for younger Americans earlier this morning, but here's Senator Jeff...
