by Lil Tuttle | Apr 6, 2016 | Economy & Jobs
by Lil Tuttle Throw out what you thought you knew about inequality in the U.S. Neither the Left nor the Right "knows what it is" or "has a comprehensively and conceptually correct measure of inequality," argue economists Alan Auerbach and Laurence J....
by Lil Tuttle | Apr 4, 2016 | Economy & Jobs
"Nearly 10 million businesses in the United States are majority-owned by women," writes Michele Markey, vice president of Kauffman FastTrac. These are women who find "doing what they love, creating their own thing" to be uniquely rewarding. They are...
by Lil Tuttle | Mar 14, 2016 | Economy & Jobs
by Lil Tuttle Hollywood stars sing socialism's praises, and 36 percent of millennials have a favorable view of it. And why not? Socialism looks and sounds so stylish and new. Lots of free things. Economic equality among all the classes. Capitalism on social...
by Lil Tuttle | Mar 4, 2016 | Economy & Jobs
In its annual survey of 16,301 technology professionals, the job search firm Dice found “no salary gap exists between women and men in tech … as long as you are comparing people with equal experience, education, and job titles.” The study did find a...
by Lil Tuttle | Feb 24, 2016 | Economy & Jobs, Energy & Environment
After a 40-year prohibition, the first tanker of exported American oil sailed from Texas bound for France. A second tanker sailed for the Netherlands shortly after. BloombergBusiness reports: Inside the Panamax oil tanker was a cargo that some on Capitol Hill had...
by Lil Tuttle | Jan 19, 2016 | Economy & Jobs
President Obama insists the U.S. economy has bounced back, but a new study shows economic recovery hasn’t happened where most Americans live. Fewer than 1 in 10 U.S. counties have fully recovered their 2009 pre-recession economies. NAS compared each U.S....
