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Showing posts with label economy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economy. Show all posts
Sunday, April 20, 2025

Inside the trade deficit, what it really means (video)

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The first 8 minutes of this is enough to get the gist .... great explanation comparing to credit card transactions   Video link -> https:...
Friday, February 28, 2025

Economic blackout day today, first of several planned

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WHEN: Thursday February 27th from Midnight till Friday The 28th Midnight  (A full 24 hours of the 28th)  12:00 AM to 12:00 AM WHAT NOT TO DO...
Tuesday, May 7, 2024

How much is $38T? Yes, T = trillion. That's a big number and we talk about it in this episode of Making Sense of Climate (audio)

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FM #1195 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1195 in the series.  This session of the radio show shares my conversation with T...
Friday, January 27, 2023

UN Report: "Our world is in a state of fracture – the social contract is broken"

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Local Return ( @LocalReturnRI ) tweeted Thu, Jan 26, 2023: "There is perhaps no stronger evidence of the pressing need to redesign our ...
Friday, August 26, 2022

Episode 513 of Freakonomics Radio asks a good question: "Should Public Transit Be Free?"

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Episode 513 of Freakonomics Radio asks a good question: " Should Public Transit Be Free? "  The episode byline reads "It boo...
Monday, April 25, 2022

Washington Post: "Five charts explaining why inflation is at a 40-year high"

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"The bumpy economic recovery has had policymakers, economists and Americans households grappling with greater price hikes for groceries...
Saturday, November 20, 2021

Boston Globe: "The long, slow return of the Mass. job market"

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"The state’s economic recovery from the COVID shock of 2020 is nearly complete, with one important exception: the job market. The Massa...
Monday, September 6, 2021

Inside the job market on Labor Day 2021

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"A mystery sits at the heart of the economic recovery: There are 10 million job openings, yet more than 8.4 million unemployed are stil...
Tuesday, August 31, 2021

"the end of the federal unemployment benefits may not lead to a huge surge in employment"

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"MORE THAN 300,000 Massachusetts residents will lose federal unemployment insurance benefits at the end of this week, and no one is sur...
Monday, August 30, 2021

The Washington Post: "How the pandemic set back women’s progress in the global workforce"

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"The first year of the pandemic knocked 54 million women around the world out of work, widening the gender gap in employment. It could ...
Saturday, August 21, 2021

Washington Post: "Booming business at dollar stores"

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"A growing number of Americans are relying on dollar stores for everyday needs, especially groceries, as the coronavirus pandemic drags...
Sunday, June 20, 2021

"Consumer spending is almost 70 percent of the economy. What Americans buy determines their standard of living"

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"Travel agent Dottie Williford’s phone won’t stop buzzing: Her high-end clients in Raleigh, N.C., are eager to explore the world again....
Sunday, May 16, 2021

“Putting Humpty Dumpty back together again is a monumental task”

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"About 8 million fewer people are working in the United States than before the pandemic hit and there are about 8 million job openings....
Saturday, February 6, 2021

New York Times: “It’s very clear our economy is still in trouble”

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"The American economic recovery showed new signs of stalling on Friday as government data underscored the pandemic’s brutal damage to t...
Tuesday, December 15, 2020

New York Times: "2020: The Year in Sports When Everybody Lost"

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The New York Times article is highly interactive but the research on professional sports is detailed. One could easily translate the impact ...
Sunday, November 29, 2020

CommonWealth Magazine: child care “holding our economy hostage”

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From  CommonWealth Magazine  we share two articles of interest for Franklin: "CHILD CARE’S CRITICAL importance to our economy was obvio...
Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Boston Globe: Norfolk County ranked as a healthy community by US News & World Report

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From the  Boston Globe , an article of interest for Franklin: "Call Martha’s Vineyard or Nantucket home? US News & World Report j...
Friday, August 14, 2020

Washington Post: "The recession is over for the rich, but the working class is far from recovered"

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From  The Washington Post , an article of interest for Franklin: "U.S. stocks are hovering near a record high, a stunning comeback sinc...
Thursday, May 10, 2018

MassBudget: Wages, incomes, and overcoming obstacles to economic opportunity

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Read our new report MassBudget    Information.    Participation.  Massachusetts Budget and Policy Ce...
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Economic Development Committee - Dec 17, 2014

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Economic Development Committee: Andy Bissanti (Chair), Bob Vallee, Matt Kelly, Peter Padula.  Meeting location was changed to be held in...