Confirmed: Sandy Kept a Massive Number of People From Going to Work
Nearly 400,000 missed out on work due to the storm More »
Jordan Weissmann is an associate editor at The Atlantic. He has written for a number of publications, including The Washington Post and The National Law Journal.
Nearly 400,000 missed out on work due to the storm More »
Money manager Ken Fisher argues that we need less job growth in this country. More »
The company plans to start building computers in the United States next year. This might be a milestone. It could also just be a PR stunt. More »
By pinning their finances on their home values and going deeply into debt, middle class families set themselves up for a historic fall. More »
And Obama can make all the difference.Early in 2012, the U.S. housing market quietly woke up from its postcrash coma and began the recovery we'd all been waiting for. Today, home prices are rising, foreclosures are falling, and construction crews are back in business. So what's left for President Obama to do, now that he has been reelected despite a checkered record on helping homeowners? Plenty. The administration could take a number of steps that might ease… More »
We don't need to worry about convincing Americans to have more children if we let adults move here. More »
Increasing immigration may be the simplest path to long-term growth. More »
If you want to scare somebody, show them percentages. If you want to calm them down, talk about actual dollars and cents. More »
It's got Jeff Bezos and a club-wielding giant (not and the same)! More »
Obamacare's Medicaid expansion is an offer no governor should refuse. More »
Getting to know the workers at your local big box store. More »
The Wal-Mart workers threatening to walk off the job on Black Friday aren't just fighting their employer. They're fighting a whole system. More »
The future of coal, the world's biggest greenhouse gas source, will be decided in China. More »
There are probably many reasons, but the burdens of raising children almost certainly plays a role. More »
Try all of the above. More »
How the world's richest college dropout sees the problems facing higher ed today. More »
The former head of the FDIC thinks we're in the middle of a "bond bubble." More »
Obama economic advisor Gene Sperling echoes Larry Summers on deficit reduction. More »
Bill Gates points toward the real college crisis. More »
