Obama and jobs — focus on quality, not just numbers

President Obama’s job plan has triggered lots of talk if not action. With the economy struggling, any conversation about job creation is good news. But from the President on down, we sometimes pay too much attention to the number of jobs being produced and not nearly enough attention to the quality of those jobs. In […]

The Verdict is in on June’s Employment Report…and what to do about it

According to the World Commission on Environment and Development, a “sustainable” economy must meet the needs of the present while not compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.  By this standard, the American economy  is definitely unsustainable:  It is not creating enough jobs to meet the current or future population’s needs and […]