Ten-percent unemployment be damned, New York City is still successfully placing welfare recipients in jobs. But what kind of jobs? The most remarkable thing about the job placement trend chart posted on the city Human Resources Administration website each month … Continue reading
This article almost, but not quite, made it into a publication that shall remain nameless. Kill fee in hand, I now make it available to you here, free of charge. On the scale of recent Albany misdeeds – Client 9, … Continue reading
With Haiti starting to drop out of the news again (despite continued problems there for earthquake survivors, not least of which is the rain), it’s an apropos time for my article to appear on how the media covered the Haitian … Continue reading
The Associated Press today on the housing market and the economy: BOSTON (AP) — Home sales in the Northeast rose in February as the economy showed signs of recovery, inspiring buyers. … Nationwide, homes sales were up 8 percent from … Continue reading
If you’d like to hear me natter about the health care bill’s effect on small business, I’ll be on WOC-AM in Iowa at 8 am (Central time) tomorrow morning, available here streaming over the interwebs. I’ll also be be on … Continue reading
Now that Congress has pulled an all-nighter and finally passed a health care reform bill (or half of one, anyway), I did the same to provide a look at what the new law will mean to you — assuming you’re … Continue reading
My bad: Both my City Limits stories actually ran today. The other one is a more in-depth look at the mayor and governor’s proposed cuts to emergency food programs and job-training programs, which is just impeccable timing: As New York … Continue reading
My first article for the relaunched City Limits, about the doomsday budgets proposed for New York city and state, is up. (It’s actually the second article I wrote for them, but is running first — I blame the suits at … Continue reading
I’m very pleased to announced that, effective immediately, I am taking on the role of Contributing Editor for Safety Net and Workforce Development issues for the newly redesigned and expanded City Limits. I’m actually one of four new contributing editors … Continue reading
I check in on the state of microlending projects in Haiti, and how they will fare in the post-earthquake economy: As Haiti continues to dig out from the earthquake that leveled Port-au-Prince, local microlenders are gearing up to begin rebuilding … Continue reading