by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 13, 2020 | • Politics, Bernie Sanders, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs, The 2020 Presidential Race, The Democrats
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 11, 2020 | Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
How We Think About the Deficit Is Mostly Wrong… I don’t think running a deficit is necessarily bad. I don’t think the size of the U.S. debt is a danger. Convince me I am wrong. This video helps explain my...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 4, 2020 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
Universal Basic Income versus Jobs Guarantee-Which Serves Workers Better? The need in the United States for big new economic ideas has become obvious: despite a record low unemployment rate, the nation’s economy is failing to provide good paying jobs to those...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 31, 2020 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
New Reports Show That Trump’s Economic Promises Were Empty With the impeachment trial, the coronavirus, and the Iowa caucuses in the news, dry economic statistics aren’t getting much attention right now. But two new reports-the latest...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 18, 2020 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
It is becoming conventional wisdom that US President Donald Trump will be tough to beat in November, because, whatever reservations about him voters may have, he has been good for the American economy. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Truth About the Trump...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 16, 2020 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
The 2nd paragraph here is just amazing when you think about it… [the emphasis is mine. “It is aggregate demand that drives the economy. Payments made on a rise in interest rates on credit card balances from 19% to a 29% penalty rate reduce consumers’...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 11, 2020 | Economics & The Economy, Engineering, Income Inequality, Jobs, Technology
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 8, 2020 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay Each month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its Employment Situation report (better known as the “jobs report”) to outline latest state of the nation’s economy. And with it, of...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 6, 2020 | Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
CEOs rake in 940% more than 40 years ago, while average workers earn 12% more CEO compensation rose 940% from 1978 to 2018, compared with a 12% rise in pay for the average American worker during the same period, according to the Economic Policy Institute. In 2018,...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 5, 2020 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
From the article: —“Considering the booming economy, dropping unemployment numbers and the return of many once-emigrated young Portuguese citizens, it seems Portugal is on the rise. Facing the policies of socialist Prime Minister António Costa, which include properly...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 27, 2019 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
Top charts of 2019: Thirteen charts that clarify what our economic priorities need to be in 2020 We’re in the longest economic expansion in U.S. history, but the top line numbers don’t tell the whole truth. Low unemployment is finally starting to produce...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 27, 2019 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
Meet the average American millennial, who has an $8,000 net worth, is delaying life milestones because of student-loan debt, and still relies on parents for money The average American millennial makes $35,592 a year. Adjusted for inflation, the annual salary of a...
