News
CNN Money | Factories having trouble finding workers
GenMet is a growing Wisconsin metal fabricating company that would be growing much faster if it could find one thing -- skilled workers.
Econ Comments
National Review | The Right to Choose
It’s time for the National Right to Work Act.
Blogs
WSJ: Real Time Economics | State Unemployment Gives Mixed Signals
Twenty-four states saw their unemployment rates drop in January while 10 registered increases, the Labor Department said Thursday.
NY Times: Bits | AOL Lays Off 20% Following Huffington Purchase
AOL said it would lay off 1,000 employees on Thursday in the wake of its acquisition of news and commentary site The Huffington Post.
Political Calculations | "Pretty Much"
How much is the minimum wage at fault?
WSJ: Real Time Economics | Okun’s Confounding Law … Here We Go Again
It’s still early days for the improvement, but it raises questions. Why did the drop in output cause such a big rise in unemployment during the downturn? And why is an apparently small increase in output now causing unemployment to fall so quickly?
The Economist | Where the jobs are
The Bureau of Labour Statistics has released the latest state-level employment data, for the month of December, so it's possible to get a look at which states enjoyed the most job growth in 2010
