Tag: unemployment
Rapid GDP Growth: Does Trump Deserve the Credit?
Trump and his supporters argue that the 2017 corporate tax rate cuts are spurring economic growth. Is there any truth to this? We discuss the…
The Economy Under Trump: Business Optimism Combined with Inequality
Trump’s Chair of Economic Advisors presented a glowing analysis of how business optimism and investment boomed with Trump’s election. But what do these figures mask…
US Unemployment Rate Hits 50-Year Low: What Does the Number Reveal and Conceal?
September’s unemployment rate dropped to a 50-year low, but what is behind this statistic, how does it affect ordinary citizens, and can Trump take credit…
Homicide and Baltimore’s Black Butterfly – RAI with Eddie Conway (12/12)
Murders take place in Baltimore at a rate that compares with New York, thirteen times the size; Eddie Conway says deep poverty, unemployment, and brutal…
Unemployment is Down – Why Aren’t Wages Up?
In the recent jobs report, employment increased rapidly, but wage growth slowed down. Why? Gerald Epstein joins Paul Jay Watch full series https://therealnews.com/series/why-arent-wages-up Subscribe to…
Will Trump’s Trade Wars Raise Wages?
Are the trade negotiations with china and the rewriting of NAFTA aimed at raising wages or profits? Gerald Epstein joins Paul Jay Watch full series…
Trump Up in Polls; Who Benefits From Economic Growth?
GDP growth up, stock market up, will the economic expansion continue and who are the winners? Dean Baker and Randall Wray join host Paul Jay…
Fed Comes to its Senses, Lowers Interest Rate
After causing almost every recession of the past several decades, the Federal Reserve is lowering interest rates before a recession takes hold. This represents an…
A Coronavirus Bailout Will Save Corporations, Not Workers
What happened to the cash from the last bailout? Industries spent it all on stock buybacks and are now looking for billions more in relief…
6.6 Million People Filed For Unemployment Last Week
The $2.2 trillion stimulus did nothing to help working people. Even before the new data was released, writer Brendan O’Connor said tenants were facing eviction…
1.7 Million Jobs In Arab Region At Risk From Coronavirus
A UN brief warns about economic collapse, expecting a $42 billion decline in GDP and trillions of dollars lost to the private sector in an…
Insurance Companies Already Know How They’ll Profit From COVID-19
40 million people may lose their jobs in the coronavirus crisis. Former Cigna VP Wendell Potter says tying health insurance to employment has made the…
Corporations Are Protecting Their Profits From COVID-19, Not Their Workers
Trump is offering big business billions of dollars as the pandemic spreads, and almost nothing for their stranded employees. But real protection for workers has…
Johns Hopkins Leads The COVID-19 Response, But Just Laid Off Its Low-Wage Workers
At a May Day rally, workers said Johns Hopkins University reneged on a commitment to give laid off workers four weeks pay. Subscribe to our…
