unemployment
Banker admits corporate greed drives inflation, but says recession needed ‘to force unemployment’
July 10, 2023Societe Generale analyst admits “greedflation”—i.e. corporate greed—to blame for price hikes, but says workers should pay regardless.
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Layoff wave continues, helping bosses cut pay and benefits for all workers
June 9, 2023Only recently we were being told that “no one wants to work anymore” and yet, today, work is being taken away from millions.
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Unemployment rate edges up; Businesses claim to create more low-wage jobs
March 13, 2023Cuts in warehouse workers—people added during the pandemic who are now being let go—started showing up in the jobless numbers.
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‘Be your own boss!’: The myth of unemployment as opportunity
February 7, 2023Most new small businesses fail, but capitalism’s spin doctors are still telling laid-off workers that losing their job is a chance for success.
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Surprise! Economy adds 517K jobs in January
February 6, 2023The jobs jump and prior revisions produced more good news. Unemployment declined to 3.4%, the lowest point since 1969.
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