Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Education, Employment, Institutions on Nov 7th, 2011
Both from the proprietors at Marginal Revolution: 1. Here is Alex Tabarrok: “What astounds me is not that someone could amass $35,000 in student loans pursuing a dream of puppetry, everyone has their dreams and I do not fault Joe for his. What astounds me is that Richard Kim, the executive editor of The Nation […]
Posted in Employment, Government Thuggery on Sep 27th, 2011
My thoughtful lefty friends regularly try to convince me when I suggest that the current Administrative is not exactly “business-friendly” that I am perhaps being too harsh… and whenever I am about to soften a bit and hear more of their arguments, along comes a story like this: The job creation bill that President Obama sent […]
Posted in Employment on Aug 30th, 2010
In new NBER working paper we read that: … Using the universe of Palestinian suicide terrorists against Israeli targets between the years 2000 and 2006 we provide evidence on the correlation between economic conditions, the characteristics of suicide terrorists and the targets they attack. High levels of unemployment enable terror organizations to recruit more educated, […]
Posted in Employment, Taxation on Apr 6th, 2010
The chart below shows what has happened to employment in New York state and Texas for the past 10 years. (this is a post which replicates an analysis Mark Perry did comparing California to Texas) New York’s total employment level has fallen to 8.71 million – the first time it has been there since spring […]
Posted in Employment on Jul 21st, 2009
Our family recently returned from a trip to the Lehigh Valley. The old and storied Bethlehem Steel has been out of business for several years and has recently been converted into a casino. The casino dealers seem to have been organized … by the United Auto Workers (I am not sure these workers were, or […]
Posted in Employment on Jun 13th, 2009
The Public Policy Institute of New York puts together a great deal of data on comparative economic statistics for New York. I enjoyed thinking about this one: the average salary for full-time government employees in New York State was over $57,000 in 2007. That is third highest in the nation, and it does not include […]
Posted in Employment on Oct 13th, 2008
During the last business cycle (the recession was in March-Nov 2001), total non-farm private employment fell from a peak of 111.681 million in December 2000 to a trough of 108.231 million in July 2003.
Posted in Employment on Sep 17th, 2008
In New York State, in which sector of industry do you think more people are employed, the financial activities sector or in government?
Posted in Employment on Mar 3rd, 2008
As the primary campaign hits manufacturing ravaged Ohio (at least in employment terms), it might be useful to consider that China is losing more manufacturing jobs than the United States. I think that message is worth repeating. Between 1995 and 2002, China “lost” 15 million manufacturing jobs while America “lost” 2 million. I’d like to […]
Posted in Education, Employment on Feb 29th, 2008
More fun facts from the Digest of Education Statistics. In 2005, for all higher education institutions, of the 3.38 million employees, less than 39% were instructional or research faculty members.