News
WSJ | The Long Search for Full-Time Work
At last count, nearly 4.5 million Americans had been unemployed for 52 weeks or longer and were still looking for work.
CNN Money | Unemployment filings show weak jobs picture
About 414,000 Americans filed for their first week of unemployment benefits last week, showing hiring remains weak.
Econ Comments
WSJ | Why the Stimulus Failed
New research on what actually happened to a trillion dollars.
RCM | Don't Forget the Job Killing EPA, Mr. Obama
President Obama, in a preface last Friday to his speech tonight on creating jobs, instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to refrain from adopting stricter standards on ozone.
FT | How to attack America’s jobs depression
Barack Obama will unveil his plan for US jobs on Thursday evening.
Forbes | The Jobs Speech Obama Dares Not Deliver
As job growth in America decelerates to zilch, President Obama promises a bold new speech on Sept. 8 to a joint session of Congress on ways to stimulate job creation – his sixth speech on jobs since early 2009.
Washington Times | EDITORIAL: Stimulus Jr.
Funneling taxpayer money to teachers unions won’t create jobs.
Blogs
Political Calculations | Why Small Businesses Aren't Creating Jobs
...lending institutions are carrying over half the financial risk associated with the operation of U.S. small businesses.
WSJ: Real Time Economics | Vital Signs: Companies Slow to Fill Job Openings
There were 52.8% more job openings in July than there were two years earlier, according to the Labor Department.
Minyanville | Unemployment Benefits' Effect on Jobless Rate
Minyanville's daily roundup of some of the best commentary from around the Web.
Reports
Heritage Foundation | Energy Exploration Would Create Jobs and Raise Revenue Without Raising Taxes
Although it is not the be-all and end-all, there is a solution that would help lower energy prices, create jobs, and bring revenue into the financially strapped government: Increase access to America’s energy.
