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9 Sep

In Consideration of My Appointment to Secretary of Labor

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus A couple of recent items got me thinking. First was this Tweet from Dave Weigel, detailing what New Jersey Governor Chris...

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4 Sep

Top 100 Metro Areas for STEM Jobs

by Barry Ritholtz
Click to see the stats for each city. Source: Bloomberg

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4 Sep

Searching for Higher Wages

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Searching for Higher Wages Luis Armona, Samuel Kapon, Laura Pilossoph, Ayşegül Şahin, and Giorgio Topa Liberty Street Economics,...

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18 Aug

Mark Perry Doesn’t Understand Geography

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus here: As I recently highlighted, Mark Perry – an AEI scholar and professor of economics – is playing very fast...

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14 Aug

Yellen’s Labor Market Dashboard

by Barry Ritholtz
Source: Bloomberg

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28 Jul

Chipotle Spices Up The Minimum Wage Discussion

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus If you’re just joining us, here’s our story thus far: Some on the right took a fairly benign article out of a...

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15 Jul

The Long and Winding Recovery

by Barry Ritholtz
Source: WSJ

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10 Jul

Job Market Tracker

by Barry Ritholtz
Click for an interactive graphic. Source: WSJ

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6 Jul

Labor Force Participation: The U.S. and Its Peers

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Labor Force Participation: The U.S. and Its Peers Monday, June 22, 2015 By Maximiliano Dvorkin, Economist, and Hannah Shell, Research...

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29 Jun

Shifting the Goalposts in Seattle Minimum Wage Debate

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus here It’s been a few months since the first increase in the Seattle minimum wage (see here for the schedule of bump...

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