Employment

The book I should’ve written 15 years ago (but it’s WAY too late now) | Mickey Z.

CC0 Mickey Z. -- World News Trust March 22, 2018 It hit me while recently re-reading Andrea Dworkin’s 2002 memoir, Heartbreak: The Political Memoir of a Feminist Militant. I first discovered it in fall 2015 and, in short order, realized it was the most important “activist” book I’d ever read. Dworkin’s work, of course, was never recommended to me during my “radical” years by the legions of subver ...

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Who Cares About Helping Homeless Women? | Mickey Z.

Photo courtesy of PIX11 News Mickey Z. -- World News Trust April 25, 2017 I hadn’t seen J. in more than a week and that was concerning. It always worries me when one of my “regulars” vanishes. Often, ...

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Jobs Report Blues | Paul Craig Roberts

April 2, 2016 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- On Friday the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that there were 215,000 new jobs in March. John Williams of ShadowStats.com reports that these “new jobs” res ...

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Are The Payroll Jobs Reports Merely Propaganda Statements? | Paul Craig Roberts

By justgrimes. Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)Feb. 6, 2016 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- U.S. economics statistics are so screwed up that they do not provide an accurate picture. Consider the latest monthly payrol ...

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Update to BLS December Payroll Jobs Report: It is even worse than I reported | Paul Craig Roberts

Paul Craig RobertsJan. 9, 2016 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- In my column Friday I reported the unreported facts in the payroll jobs report. If we choose to believe the report, it is really very bad news ...

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Another Fabricated Jobs Report | Paul Craig Roberts

Jan. 8, 2016 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- According to Friday’s (Jan. 8) payroll jobs numbers, almost 300,000 new jobs were created in December. Additionally, the previous two months were revised upward ...

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Economic Disinformation Keeps Financial Markets Up | Paul Craig Roberts

Paul Craig RobertsMay 8, 2015 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- Today’s payroll jobs report is more of the same. The Bureau of Labor Statistics claims that 223,000 new jobs were created in April. Let’s accep ...

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The December 2014 Payroll Jobs Report | Paul Craig Roberts

Jan. 9, 2015 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that a quarter of a million new jobs were created in December. The reported new jobs are concentrated in construction (48 ...

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The Real Crisis Is Not The Government Shutdown | Paul Craig Roberts

The inability of the media and politicians to focus on the real issues never ceases to amaze. Oct. 2, 2013 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- The real crisis is not the “debt ceiling crisis.” The government s ...

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Sales of New U.S. Homes Fell More Than Forecast in July | Victoria Stilwell and Lorraine Woellert

Aug. 23, 2013 (Bloomberg) -- Purchases of new U.S. homes plunged 13.4 percent in July, the most in more than three years, raising concern higher mortgage rates will slow the real-estate rebound. Sale ...

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The 'New Economy' Is The No Jobs Economy | Paul Craig Roberts

Aug. 5, 2013 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- The peoples of the world are not stupid. They realize what it means that a nuclear armed “superpower” intends to exercise hegemony over them. They realize that ...

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