I’ve posted this chart periodically over the last year. But it always help to have a little refresher when new jobs reports come out:

Nonfarm payroll employment was little changed (-36,000) in February, and the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment fell in construction and information, while [...]

Fox News, solving the unemployment crisis one crazy idea at a time:

That’s exactly what we want! Get the unemployment rate down by lowering minimum wage for workers, thus lowering the standard of living for more Americans — but hey, at least more people would have sh*tty jobs, right?

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From Paul Krugman at the New York Times: The Jobs Imperative
If you’re looking for a job right now, your prospects are terrible. There are six times as many Americans seeking work as there are job openings, and the average duration of unemployment — the time the average job-seeker has spent looking for work — is [...]

A quick note on my personal thoughts regarding Black Friday: the dumbest ‘cultural’ event in the history of mankind.
People seriously get up at the ass-crack of dawn and wait in line to spend money they can’t afford to spend, all because some CEOs have brainwashed and conditioned them to do so? What a bunch of [...]

When I was in college, I was interested in going overseas for a job. I was thinking perhaps in China somewhere, or maybe in Dubai, part of the booming United Arab Emirates. Things changed and I never got around too it, and I guess, thankfully so:
The emirate’s government asked creditors of Dubai World, one of [...]

As the NFL season is in full swing, I’ve neglected posts about some other things. Here’s an interesting read from Robert Shiller, a Yale economics professor, in the NY Times about the psychology behind economic cycles. Interesting stuff.
Beyond fiscal stimulus and government bailouts, the economic recovery that appears under way may be based on little [...]

Think you’ve had a bad day recently? Just keep this in mind:
“There are families not eating at the end of the month,” said Stephen Quinn, executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Wal-Mart Stores, and “literally lining up at midnight” at Wal-Mart stores waiting to buy food when paychecks or government checks land in [...]

There used to be some random fact that the US has never gone to war with a country that currently had a McDonald’s in it. That still might be the case, but either way, it’s not good sign for Iceland:
Iceland’s McDonald’s Corp. restaurants will be closed at the end of the month after the collapse [...]

I’m trying out some Google ads with their AdSense program, because I can. I think get paid per 1000 views or 100 clicks or something like that. I imagine it’ll amount to pennies/month, if that, but I figured I’d try it out anyway just to see how things go.
So, you’ll see on the right some [...]