Tag: Employment
Why the unemployment rate will never get to zero percent –...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
The U.S. Labor Department continues to release wonderful news for U.S. workers.
Just this week, on Sept. 20, the agency said...
#MeToo movement finds an unlikely champion in Wall Street with the...
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
If you were worried that the #MeToo movement might fade away, fear not. It has been carved into one...
How Trump’s trade war affects working-class Americans
Jeffrey Kucik, University of Arizona
President Donald Trump justifies tariffs on imports by arguing that “unfair trade policies” have harmed American workers. This has led...
Why the war on poverty in the US isn’t over, in...
Robert L. Fischer, Case Western Reserve University
On July 12, President Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers concluded that America’s long-running war on poverty “is largely...
Students need IT skills to compete in the new economy
Christos A. Makridis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
By 2026, employment in computer and information technology occupations is projected to grow 13 percent over what it...
What is full employment? An economist explains the latest jobs data
Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University
The latest jobs report has gotten a lot of analysts, policymakers and talking heads once again asking whether...
Why double-majors might beat you out of a job
Matthew J. Mayhew, The Ohio State University and Benjamin S. Selznick, James Madison University
Two college majors are better than one. That is the...
Why the Republican tax plan can help put American youths back...
Randall Olsen, The Ohio State University
Republican lawmakers are set to vote this week on their tax plan after reconciling differences between the Senate and...
EXPLORING NATURE
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...
Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil...
