This joint interview with Carl and Rob Reiner is a first. The love and respect between father and son are just beautiful. Both Reiners are accomplished men in their own rights as actors and directors, and fine examples of engaged citizens. Enjoy the show! Continue reading TavisSmiley interviews Carl and Rob Reiner | PBS
Daily Archives: July 31, 2014
David Cay Johnston: Truths and myths about the rise of part-time #jobs | Al Jazeera America
Aggregate demand is the problem, not ‘Obamacare’
When the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that 288,000 jobs had been added in June, critics cried foul. They said the news was misleading: The details showed a deteriorating job market, which many critics blamed on the Affordable Care Act requirement that employers provide workers with health insurance or risk prosecution or penalties.
But an examination of the data tells an entirely different story about what has hobbled the recovery from the Great Recession, which started in December 2007 and ended in the summer of 2009.
3 Reasons Subsidized Jobs Should Be Part of an Economic Mobility Agenda | Center for American Progress
By Rachel West |
The House Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee is holding a hearing today on subsidized employment as a tool for boosting economic security. It is high time for Congress to re-examine the evidence on subsidized jobs and to discuss the potential this approach may hold for alleviating our country’s continuing unemployment woes and connecting disadvantaged workers to job opportunities.