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The National Women’s Business Council recently released an analysis of preliminary Census data that indicate that there were nearly ten million…

The sharing economy has come to agriculture. As reported by Bloomberg, America’s farmers collectively own nearly two hundred and fifty billion worth of…

There are many reasons for the growing interest in raising minimum wages and establishing living wages across the nation. Rising income inequality, slow…

In recent years, some of the shine has worn off the notion of acquiring a college degree. Young people today have become increasingly focused upon the…

The typical American household has been busily deleveraging since the onset of the recession. According to the federal government’s latest Survey of…

One of the most remarkable aspects of economic life is that people still feel pretty grumpy about the economy. Though consumer confidence has been rising…

The U.S. job market is now in high gear. During the three month period beginning November first of last year, employers hired more than one million net…

Very few economic issues are as emotional as those that relate to the impact of labor unions. Many believe that unions represent a bedrock of America’s…

HealthView Services, a Massachusetts based company that supplies retirement healthcare cost data and tools to financial advisors, recently released a grim…

The ongoing U.S. economic recovery is now improving the fortunes of every major metropolitan area of the country, at least according to data…

March was not a good month for the U.S. economy. The private forecasting firm Macroeconomic Advisers provides a measure that tracks gross domestic product…

A recent poll conducted by the New York Times and CBS News highlights just how concerned Americans have become about income and wealth inequality…

The millennial generation, which includes Americans in their late-teens, twenties and early thirties, if often blamed for the profound decline in home…

The U.S. budget deficit shrank by 52 billion dollars, or fourteen percent during the first nine months of the twenty fifteen fiscal year versus one year…

A new report from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences indicates that eleven states are spending more on prisons and jails than on their public…

Almost everyone who monitors the global economy was expecting the International Monetary Fund to downgrade its two thousand fifteen growth forecast. That…

Perhaps you remember from school the kid who took the best notes. We all presumed that that person would be very successful in life, including…

In international economics, it’s good to be good. According to new research published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, perceptions of a…

During the Great Recession, companies ratcheted up the requirements necessary to secure a job. As indicated by the Wall Street Journal, beginning in two…

As many economic observers know, China’s economy has been slowing. That has many implications for the global economy, including for steel manufacturers…