Denial of unemployment benefits is an all-too-common indignity for workers with irregular schedules.
Economy
Reporting and analysis on the American economy and economic policy: how markets, monopolies, and public policy shape jobs, wages, and opportunity. Includes our long-running coverage of antitrust and corporate power in The Monopolized Economy.
Posted inEconomy, Government
Which States Are the Most Small Business Friendly?
Rhode Island and Illinois are among the worst states for small business owners, says a new survey, while Texas and New Hampshire are at the top.
Posted inEconomy, Politics
The Not-So-Simple Politics of Inequality and the Middle Class
Soaring inequality should be leading to policy and political change. So why hasn’t it?
Posted inEconomy, Government
Social Security’s Budget Crisis Begins Next Year
11 million Americans receiving Social Security disability insurance could face painful benefit cuts as early as 2016.
Posted inEconomy
Garbage to Gas
Landfills and sewage treatment plants are an overlooked source of clean energy – but a boom in bio-methane might be coming.
Posted inEconomy
Getting Child Care Off the “Mommy Track”
Child care is more than just a “women’s issue.”
Posted inEconomy, Government, Republic 3.0
How to Put More Women on the Entrepreneurial Fast Track
Better access to capital is a top concern for female entrepreneurs.
Posted inEconomy
Manufacturing’s “Branding” Crisis
Millennials could save U.S. manufacturing from a severe looming talent shortage – but they need to be interested first.
Posted inEconomy
The Myth of Mobility
A new study finds that the best way to get ahead is to be born there.
Posted inEconomy, Government, Republic 3.0
Growing numbers of “benefit companies” pursue both purpose and profit
30 states and the District of Columbia have passed legislation legally recognizing “triple bottom line” businesses.
