Data That Matters February 2018

Average wages rose from 0.3% to 2.9% but the bottom 83% are seeing slower growth than the top 17%. Humans Continue reading →

US Jobs Report January 2018

The good news “Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 200,000 in January, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 Continue reading →

Data That Matters January 2018

In 2017, 11,737 Americans died from guns fired by Americans. Since 1995, Gig-style jobs have grown from 9.1% of the Continue reading →

Gig Economy Rules Recovery

If it seems like job growth since the Great Recession hasn’t had the usual effect that’s because the job growth Continue reading →

Popular Posts 2017

Artificial intelligence programs have developed their own language for talking with each other. “SOCIETY could collapse at some point in Continue reading →

Data That Matters December 2017

The fraction of American children who eventually earn more than their parents fell from 90% after World War II to Continue reading →

November 2017 US Jobs Report

The good news: Jobs are up 228,000, which beat expectations of 195,000. Unemployment remains low, at 4.1%. The not so Continue reading →

Data That Matters July 2017

A major disaster increases poverty by about one percent, and heightens inequality. The US added 222,000 jobs, had 4.4% unemployment, Continue reading →