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The Rapid Global Deployment of Increasingly Smarter Machines Overturns Traditional Economic Policy Assumptions About Employment Growth and Income Distribution
ITEMS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION Last week Amazon, the online retailer, announced it was buying a robot maker called Kiva Systems for $775 million in cash. … Kiva Systems’ orange robots are designed to mo… more →
U.S. JOBS GOING DOWN
72. The Problem With The Far-Right Boss
wrote 2 days ago: What are the backbencher Tories up to now? Don’t trust poll figures, many people are not votin … more →
Greenwich research professorships
wrote 6 days ago: Twenty new research professorships are being advertised by the University of Greenwich. These inclu … more →
The Rapid Global Deployment of Increasingly Smarter Machines Overturns Traditional Economic Policy Assumptions About Employment Growth and Income Distribution
wrote 1 month ago: ITEMS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION Last week Amazon, the online retailer, announced it was buying a robot … more →
Too Many Well Educated Workers: a Global Problem and a U.S. Policy Dilemma
wrote 2 months ago: SEVEN ITEMS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION Data source: Global Education Digest 2009: Comparing Education St … more →
Republican House Bill Would Strip US Fed's Jobs Mandate - Business News - CNBC
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wrote 3 months ago: Seeking to make good on past threats in Congress to rein in the Federal Reserve’s powers, a pr … more →
Monetary and fiscal policies will never suffice to reduce long term unemployment
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wrote 3 months ago: Job Market Monitor Monetary and fiscal policies will never suffice to reduce long term unemploymentO … more →
Applebee's Franchise Takes Social Media Policy Too Far
wrote 8 months ago: Employees of an Applebee’s franchisee, the Apple American Group, in Federal Way, Washington we … more →
Compliance and the Remote Employee
wrote 8 months ago: As workplace technology continues to advance and the price of gasoline soars, employers can expect e … more →
Obama cancels proposed EPA ozone regulations
wrote 8 months ago: Given the state of employment in the nation today – and the way it acts as a noose slowly stra … more →
Policies of U.S. States Have Negligible Impact on Employment Growth
wrote 9 months ago: Data Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census, Tax Foundation. Data Sources: U.S. Burea … more →
Pending Trade Pacts Will Continue the Downward Trends in Number and Quality of U.S. Jobs
wrote 10 months ago: Pending U.S. – South Korea Trade Agreement “Most strikingly, KORUS will open Korea’s service m … more →
Tax Cuts, Stimulus Spending, Low Interest Rates Do Little to Create Jobs
wrote 10 months ago: “In carrying out its QE2 purchases, the Fed had to follow standard operating procedure for … more →
Corporations and Their Tax Breaks
wrote 10 months ago: So, how are corporations using their tax breaks? Answer A. To actually hire more of the unemployed … more →
Just Added to the Calendar of Events! Add Us In National Diversity Forum on August 4th hosted by ODEP
wrote 10 months ago: Add Us In is a new initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Emplo … more →
Industrial Renaissance in Developed Countries?
wrote 10 months ago: An article by Paul Krugman (New York Times, 19/05/11) identifies the first signs of recovery in manu … more →
Lorne Gunter: Don't fire porn-star school secretary
wrote 1 year ago: It would be easy to advocate firing the suburban Quebec City high-school secretary who moonlights as … more →
Social Media Employment Policy 101
wrote 1 year ago: For those from the Boston area, the issue of employee comments on Facebook became big news last year … more →
Outside Labour
wrote 1 year ago: From the Times letters. (H/T Oliver Kamm) Outside labour The elephant in the room is the unfe … more →
Adrian MacNair: Canada's persecuted white minority
wrote 1 year ago: I’ve already ranted about this at length, so there isn’t particularly any point to going on about it … more →
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