>"The pay increases are giving Democrats a bragging point. But it comes with risks: Gains could fade, or spark quicker price inflation."

"It's not an impossible task to make sure workers in the fossil fuel industry are provided with the skills, training, and opportunities to find other jobs."

"The men and women who went to work and war during World War II were backed by the care economy — we need one too."

>"Robert Lighthizer has built a career on being a wily contrarian."

"The C.D.C. will soon decide which group to recommend next, and the debate over the trade-offs is growing heated. Ultimately, states will determine whom to include."

Today’s jobs report has made the economic version of that question unnecessary. The current state of the union’s drafty circumstances is now more _...Read More_

“The pandemic has certainly been a nice tailwind for revenue growth, and it has also helped them start to close the gap towards profitability in a speedier fashion.”

"The layoffs are an additional headwind in an already weak labor market," said Rubeela Farooqi, chief U.S. economist for High Frequency Economics. "As long _...Read More_

“Government borrows what it doesn’t tax, corporations and rich households gain wealth by lending to government profit income they don’t spend.”

This is madness: “One provision tucked into the federal economic-rescue law increases the amount of deductions companies are permitted to take on the interest they pay on large quantities of debt. Only companies with at least $25 million _...Read More_