Changing State and Local Government Employment
Stateline.org maps changes in state and local government employment between July 2008 and August 2011.
Around The Dial – October 10, 2011
Economic policy reports, blog postings, and media stories of interest:
- Martin Wolf writes about “how to keep the euro on the road.”
- Fed Watch explains “how the fed drops the ball.”
- Robert Reich sees the coming of another round of bank bailouts.
- Paul Krugman calls for “confronting the malefactors.”
Rising Long-Term Unemployment
Off the Charts graphs the steady increase in the share of unemployed individuals who have been out of work for at least six months. In September 44.6 percent of the unemployed were long-term unemployed.
Raising The Social Security Cap
A recent study by the Center for Economic and Policy Research asked how many individuals would be affected if Congress were to raise the cap on Social Security taxes. Altogether, 5.8 percent of workers have wages in excess of the current cap of $106,800, while just 1.2 earn annual wages in excess of $250,000, a level to which some policymakers would like to raise the current cap.
The table below breaks down the numbers by state.
Around The Dial – October 7, 2011
Economic policy reports, blog postings, and media stories of interest:
- Credit Slips asks what the rise in debit card fees means.
- Jeffrey Sachs think about “American values and corporatocracy.”
- Dean Baker doesn’t want to hear Bill Clinton’s economic advice.
- Naked Capitalism noted that 1/3 of Americans are a paycheck from homelessness.
- Mat Stoller argues that the Democratic Party consensus on big finance is buckling.
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