The current economic recession has tarnished the Golden State’s employment opportunities in a major way.
A report released on Sunday by the California Budget Project says that two of five working-age Californians do not have a job. read more »
BlogsDon't Go Looking for Work in California
by Ian Lausa 09/12/2009
The current economic recession has tarnished the Golden State’s employment opportunities in a major way. A report released on Sunday by the California Budget Project says that two of five working-age Californians do not have a job. read more » »
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New Job Market Report from Jobbait Adds New Data
by Mark Schill 09/11/2009
Mark Hovind over at Jobbait.com released his monthly job market report, and this month he's expanded it significantly with sector-level data by state and metropolitan area. Mark offers the numbers in an easily digestible format organized by state in color coded tables. It's a great way to get a feel for what's happening in your region or nationally. Mark hopes this will help identify sectors with job prospects, even in regions where overall employment is declining. read more » »
Redesigning Suburbia
by Ian Lausa 08/29/2009
Dwell Magazine and inhabitat.com have combined forces to sponsor the first ever “Reburbia Design Competition,” a design competition dedicated to re-envisioning the suburbs. Citing the current housing crisis, the sub-prime mortgage meltdown, and rising energy cost, as well as limited natural resources available to increased exurban growth, the two companies have called upon “future-forward architects” and “renegade planners” to reinvent the suburbs. read more » Woodstock Generation Going Up the Country
by Delore Zimmerman 08/17/2009
They might not have known it but Canned Heat’s classic Going Up the Country at the now 40 year-old festival was prognostic – at least in terms of where the Woodstock generation would be moving in the 2010s. John Cromartie and Peter Nelson’s recently released USDA report – Baby Boom Migration and Its Impact on Rural America – says that the baby boomers have already shown more affinity for moving to rural and small town destinations than older or younger cohorts. read more » »
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Bloomberg Endorses "City of Aspiration" Report Recommendations in New Middle Class Plan
by Jonathan Bowles 08/14/2009
Earlier this year, the Center for an Urban Future published an extensive report about the mounting challenges New York City faces in both retaining its middle class and elevating more low income residents into the ranks of the middle class. read more » »
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Report: Florida Losing Population
by Wendell Cox 08/13/2009
This should be filed with other improbable stories under the subject “beach running out of sand.” The St. Petersburg Times reports that Florida has lost population for the first time since 1946. University of Florida demographers are due to release a report that the state lost 50,000 residents in the year ended April of 2009. This is in stark contrast with the state’s addition of more than 300,000 residents in every year of the decade through 2006 read more »
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Mapping Industry Employment Trends by State
by Mark Schill 08/13/2009
Mark Hovind at Jobbait.com has released another fascinating set of maps and data on industry employment trends by state over the past few months. Here's a taste: The maps below show the employment trends by state and industry sector for the 12 months ending June 2009 (July will be available August 21). Green is growing faster than the workforce. Grey is growing slower. Red is declining. Black is declining more than 8%. read more » »
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Toward Carbon Free Petroleum Cars
by Wendell Cox 08/07/2009
On-board sequestration could make zero carbon dioxide emission petroleum cars possible, according to research conducted by Dr. Andrei Federov and David Damm at the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. According to Science Daily: read more » »
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Brother Rabbit’s Bonuses
by Susanne Trimbath 08/03/2009
New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo delivered a report to Congress on the bonuses paid to the employees of nine recipients of the TARP bailout money. He called it “The ‘Heads I Win, Tails You Lose’ Bank Bonus Culture.” (July 30) AG Cuomo concluded that even “in these challenging economic times, compensation for bank employees has become unmoored from the banks’ financial performance.” The report is only about banks, of course, since all the investment banks and brokerage firms changed their status to “bank” to become eligible for TARP bailout money last fall. read more »
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Meet Me in St. Louis
by Daniel Jelski 08/01/2009
There is a bend in the river – and that’s where they put the city of St. Louis. St. Louis is fun – and here is a guide to finding your way around. Just remember the bend in the river. Imagine a bow (as in bow and arrow) aimed to the east. The imaginary arrow slides right through the Gateway Arch overlooking the river. Just to the west, behind the levee, is the old downtown. read more » »
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