#Unemployed

Stephen Kinsella

stephenkinsella

I’ve been thinking a bit about the pandemic unemployment payment/travel debate a little today. A short thread: If you accept that those who are ‘pandemic unemployed’ are categorically different from

Peter Ganong

p_ganong

Long-term unemployment and repeat unemployment have soaredMy biggest concern about the American Rescue Plan is that it lacks funding to help hardest hit from pandemic get back to workBelow, I

AndrewStettner

pelhamprog

Today’s unemployment report underscores just how important it was for Congress to deliver emergency aid and avert a massive benefits cliff in just 3 days, causing a mass sigh of

K.D Derek

KDDerek1

If I have finished a career track (data scientist) from any MOOC platform , what should be my next step?Set some real-world expectations. You are looking at 5–8 years before

Elizabeth Pancotti

ENPancotti

The thing about generous UI prolonging joblessness is that 1) study after study has said that’s not the case in this recession because there are few job offers to turn

Gregory Daco

GregDaco

#Jobsreport +245k in Nov - Private +344k - Goods +55k - Services +289k- Gov -99k w/ -93k #Census- Job loss since Feb: 9.8mn- Share of #COVID19 loss regained:

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

So, there are 30 million Americans on unemployment benefits and only 5 million job offers; so Rs think we should slash benefits by 2/3 to force workers to take the

Niraj Dugar

contliving

Why is it important to have a health insurance apart from what has been provided by your employer?Thread https://twitter.com/contliving/status/1347943936073994240 Most employers provide a coverage of Rs. 1 to 2 lakhs

Elise Gould

eliselgould

Little changed in today's BLS release of Job Openings and Labor Turnover for December. In fact, "little changed" was mentioned 17 times in the report, including little changed in job

Equitable Growth

equitablegrowth

The @BLS_gov released their monthly Jobs Report this morning. Equitable Growth digs deeper with these charts:https://equitablegrowth.org/equitable-growths-jobs-day-graphs-january-2020-report-edition-2/ Despite an overall decrease in non-far

DANNY WALTER 👑

DannyWalta

If you’re currently unemployed, go and Work for Free. No it’s not a typo.Most Jobs require you have a certain years of experience, instead of staying at home doing nothing,

Scott Galloway

profgalloway

What happened here (i.e., GMS)?--It's about sex...--Specifically, young men not having (enough) sex--Sex leads to relationships, obligations and guardrails (don't get in fights, we need you. Don't gamble your paycheck,

Dianna ☕️

DiannaWith2Ns

I can’t believe it’s been five years since I completed my undergraduate degree and I’ve never had a permanent, full-time job. Being a person with a disability can make it

Council of Economic Advisers

WhiteHouseCEA

The economy added only 49,000 jobs in January, after losing a revised 227,000 jobs in December. This pace is far below the rate necessary to pull us out of the

Jason Furman

jasonfurman

Excellent thread.Stunning magnitudes: spending by unemployed increased about 25% relative to the consumption of the employed.If we had a stable program (not the on-off-on one we had) what would we

Michael R. Strain

MichaelRStrain

THREAD. At a time when the economy is growing rapidly again, the last thing Congress should do is make unemployment more financially rewarding than working.My latest Bloomberg column: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-11/bi

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