The economic pie is growing, but the share going to American workers is at an all-time low. Friday’s jobs report will help determine whether American workers will finally start getting a bigger cut.
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United States of Health Care
A new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the country will add 5.6 million health care and social assistance jobs in the current decade.
Charles Duhigg Responds to Readers on Apple and the iEconomy
A reporter will discuss the challenges posed by increasingly globalized high-tech industries, based on a deep look inside the economics of Apple’s manufacturing.
Economists Take Solace (but Only a Little) in Jobs Report
Economists said the latest jobs numbers were moderately encouraging, although some of them warned not to get carried away with the results of any single month — especially December.
Under Obama, a Record Decline in Government Jobs
The loss of public sector jobs has been greater in the first three years of the Obama administration than even under Ronald Reagan.
Signs of Hope on Jobs, and Some Caveats
The monthly jobs report from the Labor Department on Friday may offer a decided upturn, but there are reasons to be cautious about the harbingers of that result and the actual jobs created.
Want a Job? Go to College, and Don’t Major in Architecture
A look at typical unemployment rates and earnings for new graduates, sorted by what they studied in college.
Small Businesses Plan to Increase Hiring
The country’s smaller employers are finally starting to enjoy the feeble recovery, a report indicates.
More on Labor Force Dropouts
A closer look at why women have accounted for a majority of workers dropping out of the labor force during the recovery.
Employed Women, Dropping Out of the Labor Force
Last month the American labor force contracted by hundreds of thousands – a decline accounted for entirely (and then some) by the departure of women.