Tag Archives: Unemployment

Reality Check for Employment Gains Euphoria

Posted on Sunday, April 3, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

I found this interesting graph via The Economist, which sourced it from Calculated Risk. It should serve to temper faux euphoria over the wonderful employment gains the country saw in March 2011. As this chart clearly shows, the country is … Continue reading →

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Bush vs. Obama: Total Private Sector Employment

Posted on Saturday, April 2, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Update: Click here for the most recent jobs statistics. Some left-leaning sites have pointed to the chart above as a sign that Obama’s economic policies are a smashing success  because total private sector employment has consistently increased in the last thirteen months. However, … Continue reading →

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Rallying Against the Red Menace

Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

“If you’re going to negotiate, you’ve got to have something to offer. We don’t.” — Governor Scott Walker I have avoided posting my thoughts about the recent protests in Wisconsin, because my personal reaction has been so visceral that I … Continue reading →

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Iran: Another Domino Teeters; America Should Shove It Over the Edge

Posted on Monday, February 14, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

On the heels of my recent article on food prices and Middle Eastern stability, events in Iran are coming to a head. Riot police today physically beat protestors in major Iranian cities. The New York Times estimates that 20,000-30,000 demonstrators took … Continue reading →

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Middle Eastern Instability and the Youth Bulge

Posted on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

The Economist published an interesting map this week that hints at one of the potential sources of Middle Eastern instability — the demographic imbalances in most Middle Eastern countries. As is evident on the map, over half the population in … Continue reading →

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Predictions 2011: How Are They Currently Trending?

Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

On January 1, I made some predictions about different events in 2011. I thought it would be interesting to track how some of these predictions are currently trending to measure both my and my readers’ accuracy. I have only commented … Continue reading →

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The Politics of Unemployment: Political Parties and Job Creation

Posted on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Having examined how the stock market performed under different political parties and Presidential administrations in “Time to Invest: Markets Outperformed during the Second Half of a President’s First Term” and “Think You Can Make Money Investing When Your Party is … Continue reading →

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