Is Your Unemployment Chart Upside Down? zero hedge ...The number of people not in the labor force is now at an all time high, as nearly 88 million people are not participating (must be everyone is just able to retire?)...
Still on Life Support Financial Armageddon ...The world economy “remains on life support” from central banks and has deteriorated since last autumn, the latest Brookings Institution-Financial Times tracking index shows, despite some recent signs of stabilisation...
Increasingly in Europe, Suicides ‘by Economic Crisis’ New York Times ...The economic downturn that has shaken Europe for the last three years has also swept away the foundations of once-sturdy lives, leading to an alarming spike in suicide rates. Especially in the most fragile nations like Greece, Ireland and Italy, small-business owners and entrepreneurs are increasingly taking their own lives in a phenomenon some European newspapers have started calling “suicide by economic crisis.”...
Judge blasts tax plan ballot descriptions Columbia Daily Tribune ...A court ruling against conservative activist Rex Sinquefield's plan to overhaul Missouri's taxes has left opponents confident they have all but ended its chances to get on this year's ballot...
Will the Real Candidates in the Recall Elections Please Stand Up? Daily Kos ... the reason Kohl-Riggs wants his name on the GOP ballot is because he wants to force Republicans to vote for Gov. Scott Walker in the primary instead of meddling in the Democratic primary...
Energy companies: We need truckers Newark Advocate ...One out of 10 jobs directly created by shale development is filled by a licensed truck driver, according to a recent study of Pennsylvania's shale rush by the Marcellus Shale Education and Training Center. Penn State University found the average driver in this field was making $44,700 in wages in 2010, or what amounts to more than $21 per hour...
