#Unemployment

Adam Ozimek

ModeledBehavior

Initial claims at 857,148 (NSA), largely unchanged. Continuing claims also fairly steady at 13,197,059. There's a risk we are becoming numb to numbers this high and steady, but we can't

Breaking The Chains

breakchainsmag

Unemployment, a lack of affordable housing, and pandemic mismanagement have exacerbated the housing crisis in the US, causing women, especially women of color to become increasingly homeless and housing-insecure. That’s

Naomi Klein

NaomiAKlein

So, today Biden signed an order calling for "the establishment of a Civilian Climate Corps Initiative to put a new generation of Americans to work conserving and restoring public lands

Tom Forth

thomasforth

Since 2010 UK state spending has shrunk by 6% of GDP. In the same period the French state has shrunk by just 1% of GDP. This comparison is quite a

Sarah Molyneaux

Sarah_Molyneaux

Ugh, it’s that time of year again where I feel compelled to say that a poppy is fine but conservatives aren’t supporting veterans because they aren’t adequately funding health care

Jason Furman

jasonfurman

Historically rules/institutional frameworks for monetary and fiscal policy were motivated by the concern that politicians were BIASED towards too much deficit increase, inflation, living for the moment, etc. Certainly some

Nichard

Suburbanuat

(Thread I’ll probably regret)Trump has a lightning rod personality but policy wise has been a continuation of his predecessors, outside of W who is easily the worst president in my

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

Elizabeth Warren

SenWarren

The federal eviction moratorium is gone. States are delivering their final CARES Act unemployment checks now. And months after the House passed another relief bill, the GOP still doesn’t have

NYS Department of Labor

NYSLabor

NEW: $300 Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) payments will begin next week.Roughly 2 million New Yorkers are pre-qualified for the program & will receive payment next week. Another 435,000 individuals must

Dr Hanna Szymborska

HannaSzymborska

Starting now! @mlholder999 kicks off this vital event, she starts with discussion of the significance of #JuneteenthDay . #femeconCOVID19 https://twitter.com/IAFFE/status/1273974460366946304 @drcruzbueno discusses the situation of Latinx po

New Left Eviews

LeusderListicle

Anderson’s terrific new diatribe against the European project contains some welcome jabs against Draghi, Barroso, the opacity of the ECJ. It’s great fun. But it reflects an ignorance of the

Martha Gimbel

marthagimbel

Given the millions of people who filed for unemployment insurance AGAIN this week, a quick thread on work disincentives 1/ Don't get excited, this thread will not have cool data

Justin Wolfers

JustinWolfers

4.8 million jobs returned in June; we're still 15 million in the hole.Unemployment fell to 11.1%, but after accounting for misclassification, it's probably about 1 percentage point higher. So real

Winter Cindy 💀🎄❄

babble_drabble

So yesterday I got my stimulus check (direct deposit; I have a federal credit union, so that might be why I got it so soon).And I used it all up

Fr. Bill Dailey, CSC

wrdcsc

ND has embarked upon a hopeful attempt at the pause that chastens. If we succeed, human relationships will be enriched, many jobs will be saved. It won't be easy and

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