Closed Coal Plants

Coal plants are closing. Many of the closures are in response to federal clean air regulations, but many were also Continue reading →

Which Jobs Will Robots Get

Robots are taking jobs. But which jobs? Yet another study has made some guesses. The closer the labor gets to Continue reading →

Under-employed College Grads

Unemployment is down. Great! But for recent grads, neither underemployment nor wages have changed. More than 44% of recent grads Continue reading →

Computers Learn Art

Computers may take over the world, but there will always be a place for humans and art. Well, even art Continue reading →

US Productivity Growth Shrinks

Regardless of wages, US productivity has been increasing for years. Much of the credit was given to the introduction of Continue reading →

Unemployment Is Down Employment Is Unchanged

Unemployment is down to 5.4% Celebrate that. But, that doesn’t mean employment is at 94.6%. Employment has barely changed from Continue reading →

US Unemployment Drops And May Bottom

The US unemployment rate continues to drop (though the employment rate is different). It is reaching pre-Great Recession levels. The Continue reading →

Robots Replace Workers

Companies have been using China for manufacturing, partly because of the cheap labor. Robots have become cheap enough that they’re Continue reading →