Washington Post Notices It Is a McJobs Recovery
In today’s (Sunday, April 24) Washington Post, Annie Lowrey mentions that maybe the economy might just not be in such great shape if the best jobs news is McDonald’s trumpeting their McJobs Fair this...
View ArticleIt’s Not the Bad Economic News that Surprises Me
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View ArticleEconomically, ‘Good for Business’ Is Usually Bad for People
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View ArticleIs the Greece Crisis a Preview of Coming Attractions?
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View ArticleLet’s Play With Some Numbers, Social Security Edition
We need to get this to the Fiscal Cliff! What could go wrong? Boy howdy, but did I make a mistake this morning. I made the mistake of allowing myself to become distracted while I was “multi-tasking”...
View ArticleMcJobs: Bad and Getting Worse
A couple of years ago, you might remember that McDonalds got a lot of publicity out of a one day hiring binge. I wrote about it here with a follow-up about the Washington Post noticing that it was a...
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