News
Market Watch | Job openings decline to 3.66 million in July
Job openings at U.S. workplaces decreased to 3.66 million in July from 3.72 million in June, the U.S. Labor Department reported Tuesday.
Econ Comments & Analysis
WSJ | How Public Unions Became So Powerful
The Chicago teachers strike has put Democrats in a difficult position. Teacher unions are the most powerful constituency in the Democratic Party, but their interests are ever more clearly at odds with taxpayers and inner-city families.
Real Clear Markets | Deloitte Has New Ideas For Fixing Joblessness
On Monday, following a disappointing August jobs report, Deloitte LLP, one of the big four national accounting and consulting firms, published a new set of recommendations on how to revive the labor market. It was the fourth in Deloitte's series of studies on economic issues.
Washington Times | Obama on track to have worst job record since World War II
August’s abysmally weak job growth proved yet again that President Obama’s economic policies are a miserable failure that will continue to undermine our country until he leaves office.
Blogs
Calculated Risk | BLS: Job Openings "little changed" in July
There were 3.7 million job openings on the last business day of July, little changed from June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
WSJ | Most Labor Force Dropouts in August Had Jobs
Of the 7.4 million people who left the labor force in August, well over half — 4.1 million — had been employed in July. Fewer than three million were previously unemployed people who stopped looking for work.
