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Monday, March 5, 2012

Employment

News                                                                                                                             
CNN Money | American manufacturers importing workers
U.S. manufacturers, frustrated by a shortage of skilled American factory workers, are going abroad to find them.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
NY Times | Capital Gains, Ordinary Income and Shades of Gray
What is carried interest? And why does it get the tax treatment it does?

Blogs                                                                                                                             
Political Calculations | How High Gas Prices Affect the Number of Layoffs in the U.S.
How do high gasoline prices affect the pace of job layoffs in the United States?
WSJ | Job Market Toughest for New Entrants
Even with the recent improvement in the job market, it’s a tough time to be looking for work. It’s even tougher if you’re just entering the work force.
The American | The 8.3 percent unemployment rate really isn’t so bad? Really? Really?
Except it’s not really 8.3 percent. That number is misleadingly low because it is based off a dramatically shrunken U.S. labor force