New Job Numbers: Slowed Gains, Unemployment Down, No California Numbers
Not bad news, but a big side note to the latest jobs numbers
Tagged: economy
Harsh Your Mellow Monday: Distant Sounds of Inevitability Edition
Crisis reveals character, the old saying goes. Our institutions and leaders are having that exact experience right now.
The Free Market Case for Staying the Eff Home
If you want to talk the talk of conservatism when times are good, surely you gotta walk the walk when they aren’t, doncha?
An Open Letter to Small Businesses: Stay Alive
The best thing small business owners can do for their employees is whatever it takes to survive long enough to employ them when this crisis is over
Federal Reserve Cuts Rates To Functional Zero
The Federal Reserve cuts interest rates to almost zero among other measures aimed at the economy during the coronavirus crisis
Serving Up a Recession
The COVID-19 epidemic will be the first services recession, and it could be a bad one.
A Perfect Pandemic Storm: The COVID-19 Energy/Oil Crisis Explained
The COVID-19 Energy Crisis culminated Sunday evening, when the largest one-day slide since the 1991 Gulf War occurred, stoking fears of recessions or worse.
The Trump Economy On the Brink
You don’t need to be an economist to know that none of this is good. A President at war with everyone and pushing an economic agenda that is pure crackpottery.
Ben Shapiro Works Those Feelings
For facts not caring about feelings, there sure are a lot of folks getting all up in their feels whenever Ben Shapiro is the topic.
Ordinary World: Christmas Hangover
Your Ordinary World: Christmas Hangover edition, with links to stories you should catch up on now that the daily grind replaces merry & bright. Read, share, and discuss.
Despite Promises, Another Black Monday for the Mahoning Valley
41 years after Youngstown’s “Black Monday” meant 5,000 lost jobs immediately and tens of thousands more to follow, the Mahoning Valley endures another day of 4-digit job loss with closure of General Motor’s Lordstown complex.
Linky Friday: All in Due Time
Linky Friday is Ordinary Times’ Friday tradition of bringing you various links from across the web and around the world. This week, “All in Due Time” is the theme, with music interludes and plenty to read, share, and discuss.
How White Working Class Culture Shaped American Politics
Saul DeGraw offers up some blunt talk to those who say that’s what they want from their leaders.
Do Cheap Oil Prices Really Damage the Environment?
Declining oil prices would suggest disaster for the environment but is that really the case?
Linky Friday #57
Burt Likko fills in for Will Truman for this week’s aggregation of dozens of links to themed web randomness!
The Problem with the Public vs. Private Distinction in Education
Allison Benedikt accuses her colleagues who send their kids to private school for turning their backs on the promise of public education.
The Child-Free Generation’s Hard Bargain With Capitalism
Flip through a few American newspapers and magazines, and it’s hard not to come to the conclusion that there’s a cultural obsession with fertility. (“Where Have All The Babies Gone?” “America’s Baby Bust.” “More...
Chase the Economy but Don’t Lose Sight of Immigration
I want to elaborate on something Elias touches on in his recent Salon piece. Declaring the Republican Party paralyzed by their on strategy of obstructionist nihilism, Elias explains,
