economy
Jed Kolko provides an interesting analysis of where the American job market is headed. Couple of points: 1) It's hardly surprising that health care is the fastest growing overall work.
I'm surprised the Federal Reserve hasn't raised interest rates yet as it's been rumored for a good year. But the time is coming, despite Janet Yellen doing some work to.
Looking at real GDP is pretty strong evidence that this is not a "recovery" at all but rather a very long stagnation. Why? I'd argue for the combination of a lack of government spending combined with the outsourcing of decent work. Dealing with either problem...
Connie Hedegaard, the EU Commissioner for Climate Action, had a piece in the Guardian a few days ago on the urgent need to combat climate change. She's completely right of.
The Republicans have decided to back the payroll tax extension, fearful of being painted as anti-middle class in the coming elections. As Kos noted in a tweet, there's no way.
Sarah Jaffe has an excellent if depressing piece about the recent spike in consumer debt: So why the jump in buying on credit, if people still don't have money to spend? Carlos X. Alexandre at Seeking Alpha explained: “...the most logical interpretation is that as...
