tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post3463443969720462242..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: Merry Christmas to America's 48 Million UnemployedBud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-30576624774308562282013-12-27T15:57:46.089-08:002013-12-27T15:57:46.089-08:00Paul Krugman --- The Fear Economy
http://www.nyti...Paul Krugman --- The Fear Economy<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/27/opinion/krugman-the-fear-economy.html?_r=0<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-27091577315067277132013-12-26T21:14:30.758-08:002013-12-26T21:14:30.758-08:00Ralph Nader's Letter to Boeing’s Boss: Squeezi...Ralph Nader's Letter to Boeing’s Boss: Squeezing workers for corporate welfare<br /><br />www.nader.org/2013/12/26/letter-boeings-boss-squeezing-workers-corporate-welfare<br /><br />10 Reasons That Long-Term Unemployment Is a National Catastrophe<br /><br />http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/12/10-reasons-long-term-unemployment-national-catastrophe<br /><br />Without Manufacturing, We’re Doomed<br /><br />http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/without-manufacturing-were-doomed/<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-71814254251049666182013-12-25T11:05:24.452-08:002013-12-25T11:05:24.452-08:00I was laid off in October 2008. Today marks my 6th...I was laid off in October 2008. Today marks my 6th consecutive Christmas (and Birthday, Thanksgiving, and soon to be New Years) that I've spent unemployed after being (mostly) employed for the previous 36 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-72787421777692262932013-12-25T08:02:44.053-08:002013-12-25T08:02:44.053-08:00Okun’s Law:
"In the United States and Canad...Okun’s Law: <br /><br />"In the United States and Canada, a 2 percentage point increase in GDP output is associated with about a 1 percentage point decrease in the unemployment rate." (Maybe that will all change by reclassifying manufactures.)<br /><br />http://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2013/december/labor-market-global-financial-crisis-okun-law/<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.com