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The Anatomy of a Keynesian Recovery
Almost two and a half years since the recession officially ended, we are finally observing a modest recovery in the job market. Even if we discount the 42,000 new holiday season jobs for “couriers and messengers,” there is clearly some jobs growth in key sectors of the economy. Unfortunately, aside for the fact that the recovery is languid and underwhelming by historical standards, it is | Read More »
Obama’s Trillion-Dollar Housing Surprise
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the latest jobs news and Obama’s plan for a trillion-dollar housing refinancing plan. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do so at coffee[at]newledger.com. We hope you enjoy | Read More »
So This is It?
This is what we get from a new House Republican majority? Call me naive, but from the onset of this legislative session I really expected we would witness some transformational change in the way Washington does business. That was obviously a foolish expectation. GOP leaders agreed last night to pass the omnibus bill with largely the same provisions as the one they introduced yesterday. After | Read More »
Tags: Budget, Conservatives, Entitlements, House, Payroll Tax Cut, Senate, Spending, unemployment, welfare
Ted Cruz Wants to Save the Free-Market Economy
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Ted Cruz to discuss his race for the US Senate, his ideas for entitlement reform, and how he would fix the economy. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can | Read More »
What Do You Do With 300K Discouraged Workers?
We have a new jobless report, and it’s the good, the bad and the ugly.
How Good are the New Unemployment Numbers?
The much anticipated November jobs number have been posted. Here is a rundown of some of the highlights: Jobs created in November: The net increase in new jobs this month was 120,000. There were 140,000 jobs added to the private sector, while the public sector shed 20,000. The U3 unemployment number dropped from 9.0% to 8.6%. In more good news, September’s numbers were revised up | Read More »
Tags: jobs, unemployment
8.6% Unemployment Rate Isn’t as Good as it Sounds
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss today’s unemployment report, the record duration of unemployment, and why the headline number of 8.6% isn’t as good as it sounds. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email | Read More »
Tags: unemployment
The Supercommittee of Super Insanity
As the tumultuous year of 2011 winds down, Congress will be facing a number of crucial budget deadlines. Aside for the supercommittee deadline to find $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction (over ten years), they must contend with the December 31 expiration of three provisions of the 2010 tax extenders deal; payroll tax cuts, unemployment benefits, and ethanol subsidies. Now the Washington Post is reporting that | Read More »
Tags: House, Senate, Social Security, Spending, stimulus, Supercommittee, taxes, unemployment, welfare
Is the “Great Restructuring” Killing Our Middle Class?
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss a new push to politically unite Europe to save the Eurozone, how the restructuring of the American job market may permanently kill America’s middle class, and the disappearance of “Made in America.” We’re brought to you as always by | Read More »
The Fallen Men of A Failing Nation
“The young bloods of the South; sons of planters, lawyers about towns, good billiard players and sportsmen, men who never did any work and never will. War suits them. They are splendid riders, first rate shots and utterly reckless. These men must all be killed or employed by us before we can hope for peace.” – General Sherman (HT:Rootsweb.com) The GOP not only has an | Read More »
Unemployment Still High, Especially Among American Youth
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the October unemployment report, the high jobless rate among young adults, and a piece that says the left and the right are both wrong on how to fix the economy. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and | Read More »
An Unprecedented 26 Million Americans are Underemployed
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss why an unprecedented 26 million Americans are underemployed, Rick Perry’s flat tax, and Steve Jobs‘ appeal to Barack Obama to free our education system from the teacher unions. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse | Read More »
Are We Witnessing the Death of America’s Middle Class?
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the plan for a plan to save the Euro Zone, the possibility that high unemployment is here to stay, and the impending death of America’s middle class. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and | Read More »
The Latest Unemployment Numbers and the Loss of Steve Jobs
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the latest unemployment numbers, Occupy Wall Street and the passing of Steve Jobs. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do so at coffee[at]newledger.com. We | Read More »
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