economy – Page 46 – People's World

Jobless rate drops because 525,000 stop searching

January 10, 2014 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg

The unemployment rate ended up at 6.7 percent in December, down from 7.9 percent at the end of 2012 and 0.3 percent but only because more than half a million people stopped looking for work altogether,...

House GOP draining $600 million a week from economy

January 7, 2014 By Kenneth Quinnell

"It is fiscally irresponsible not to extend unemployment benefits. The long-run cost to the taxpayers will be much higher from disconnecting people from the labor market."

After 55 years, time to end embargo against Cuba

January 2, 2014 By PW Editorial

We can do it! Let's get this done this year! ¡Viva la Revolución Cubana! ¡Viva Cuba Socialista!

Sherrod Brown, others talk green industrial revolution

December 10, 2013 By Blake Skylar

When it comes to the transformation of the global economy from high-carbon, polluting energy sources to a more sustainable future, the U.S. risks falling behind.

Obama: Collective bargaining can close the income gap

December 5, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

In a wide-ranging speech on the state of the economy, President Obama took sharp aim at income inequality, citing the growing gulf between the rich and the rest of us.