Wages And Robots

Set aside the question of whether robots are taking or creating jobs. At least according to one study, robots are Continue reading →

Costly Climate Response Delays

To some, the Earth Day founders were already a little late. Jimmy Carter is now seen as prescient, though many Continue reading →

US Billionaires Pay Less Taxes

The headline of billionaires paying less taxes probably isn’t a surprise. There have been so many storied tax cuts for Continue reading →

Growing US Income Inequality

Amidst so many other news stories it is easy to miss the fact that inequality continues to rise in the Continue reading →

Assets And Debts In America

Allow a slight re-ordering of some key quotes from a recent Brookings Study. American households held over $98 trillion of Continue reading →

US Jobs Report March 2019

The good news: 196,000 jobs added in the US in March. More good news: unemployment is at 3.8%. And yet, Continue reading →

US Jobs Report January 2019

Economists were surprised with the high number of new jobs in January, 304,000. They were less impressed by wage growth Continue reading →

Worrisome Financial Trends

It isn’t one big news story, yet; and it may never be, but… Several stories are combining to worry some Continue reading →