Tag: Unemployment
Is the US in a recession? Well, that depends on whom...
D. Brian Blank, Mississippi State University
The U.S. economy shrank at an annual rate 0.9% from April through June,...
5 things to know about the Fed’s interest rate increase and...
D. Brian Blank, Mississippi State University
The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates for the third time this year,...
Wages: why are they not keeping up with inflation?
David Spencer, University of Leeds
There has been a huge amount of concern about rising inflation in recent months,...
The Great Resignation: Historical data and a deeper analysis show it’s...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
The so-called Great Resignation was one of the top stories of 2021 as “record” numbers of workers reportedly quit...
Quitting your job or thinking about joining the ‘great resignation’? Here’s...
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
Record numbers of Americans have quit their jobs in recent months, with more...
Wages up as Americans are encouraged back to work and into...
Christopher Decker, University of Nebraska Omaha
After a lackluster jobs report in September 2021, the latest news on employment...
Raising the minimum wage is a health issue, too
Utibe Effiong, University of Michigan
Congress just missed one of its best shots at improving health when the Senate...
Economists: Biden’s $1,400 COVID-19 checks may be great politics, but it’s...
Robert H. Scott III, Monmouth University and Kenneth Mitchell, Monmouth University
The US$1,400 direct checks to people are the...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
