Employment

When Renters and Homeowners and Small Businesses need a Bailout, the Fed gives it to Big Corporations

By Nomi Prins | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – To say that these are unprecedented times would be the understatement of the century. Even as the United States became the latest target of Hurricane COVID-19, in “hot spots” around the globe a continuing frenzy of health concerns represented yet another drop down the economic rabbit […]

Employment

Pandemic will cause another Housing Crisis, and Without Strong Long-Term Gov’t Policy it Will hit Workers Hardest

The Conversation

By Roshanak Mehdipanah and Gregory Sallabank | – Millions of Americans are suddenly out of work as the financial and economic crisis sparked by the coronavirus pandemic deepens. Without an income, most of these people will have a hard time covering their expenses, including keeping a roof over their heads. But even before the current […]

Development

The Coronavirus has sent Stocks Plummeting – Could a Recession be Next?

The Conversation

By Michael Walden | – Fears are growing that the new coronavirus will infect the U.S. economy. U.S stocks are headed for their worst week since the 2008 financial crisis; companies including Apple and Walmart have been warning of potential sales losses from COVID-19 and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told Americans to […]

Donald Trump

No Trump ‘Blue Collar Boom’: 1/2 of Americans work Low-Wage Jobs and Manufacturing is in Decline

Peter Certo

(Otherwords.org) – Trump is counting on the working class he’s betraying most aggressively. Can the left get out of affluent suburbia and back to its roots? By Peter Certo | February 5, 2020 There’s an image burned into my brain from childhood: the graffitied train tracks along the intersection of Fifth and Patterson in downtown […]

Employment

Renewable Energy Employed 11 Million People last Year, 8% Growth Forecast

Clean Energy Wire

In the US, “The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that wind turbine technician jobs will be the second-fastest-growing occupation through 2026

Employment

Is Trump’s trade war saving American jobs – or killing them?

The Conversation

by Jeffrey Kucik | – With the U.S.-China trade war intensifying, there is a lot of talk about whether tariffs save American jobs – as President Donald Trump claims – or destroy them. On May 14, for example, Trump said his tariffs helped save the U.S. steel industry. Whether or not that’s true, many economists […]

Employment

80% of Workers live Paycheck to Paycheck, and Federal ones are no Different

Chuck Collins

The percentage of U.S. households that have zero or negative wealth increased from 15.5 percent in 1983 to 21.2 percent today.

Employment

Plummeting Tourism to US, costing $10 bn., blamed on Trump Slump

contributors

TeleSur | – – Some in the travel industry attribute the decline to something they call the “Trump slump.” Travel to the United States has declined. While some in the [$244 bn.] tourist industry are asking why, others are pointing their fingers squarely at U.S. President Donald Trump. The U.S. National Travel and Tourism Office […]

Employment

Tunisia: Austerity Protests roil Birthplace of Arab Spring

contributors

TeleSur | – – Protests have been taking place across the North African country over the past several nights in protest against government austerity measures at the behest of the IMF. At least one person is dead and 200 people have been arrested during several nights of protests in Tunisia, according to The Guardian. Protests […]