Career Economics

Looking for a New Job? These Are the Best Cities for You

By Beth Braverman

If you’re on the hunt for a good job, think warm thoughts and pack sunglasses.
Hoping for a Big Raise Next Year? Here’s How Much You’ll Probably Get

By Beth Braverman

A new report sheds light on how big a raise most workers will be getting next year.
A New Report Shows Why The 10-Year Jobs Crisis Is Effectively Over

By Jacqueline Leo

A new report by the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution has good news: "With [yesterday's] employment report, we can report that the national jobs gap relative to November 2007 has closed (...
The Real Reason Teens Don’t Have Summer Jobs Anymore

By Beth Braverman

Toiling all summer as a camp counselor or lifeguard used to be a rite of passage for American teenagers, but they’ve been dropping out of the labor force for years.
Women Are Better Investors Than Men. Here Are 3 Reasons Why

By Beth Braverman

Female investors outperform males on average, and new report attributes the better performance to three traits more common in female investors.

3 New Benefits That Could Be Coming to Your Company

By Beth Braverman

As America flirts with full employment, companies have to work a bit harder to attract workers. A new survey shows that companies are becoming more generous with their benefits packages.
Are You Being Paid Fairly? Here's How to Find Out

By Beth Braverman

After nearly a decade of stagnation, wages are starting to rise as a strong job market (finally) gives American workers more power in negotiations.
Do Demographics Dictate Economic Destiny?

By Jacqueline Leo

A new Morning Consult poll suggests that fewer Americans are spending their tax refunds. Instead, they’re socking the money away or paying off debt.
The 10 College Majors Employers Want Most This Year

By Janna Herron

The proportion of employers planning to hire recent college graduates hit a decade-high this year. Here are the 10 majors most in demand.
What Will It Take to Finally Get US Workers’ Pay Growing Again?

By Anthony Mirhaydari

Workers of all political stripes must be frustrated by the fact that the economic expansion has yet to deliver the kind of wage gains that have been long promised.

Robots: New Jobs, New Opportunities, New Challenges

By CHRISTINE SOARES, The Fiscal Times

As you read this, an Italian van is driving itself to Shanghai. Thousands of robots are gliding through hospital hallways, standing in for doctors and toting supplies. Seven thousand unmanned planes...
How Free Can It Be?

By Blaire Briody, The Fiscal Times

Free labor has migrated beyond college internships, infiltrating almost every creative industry, as well as a handful of more menial ones. It has even crept into this article.
Poor Sales, Not Taxes, are Pelting Small Businesses

By John Berry, The Fiscal Times

House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio and other Republicans have been claiming for months that uncertainty about future taxes and regulation, and worry about budget deficits, is what's keeping...
Two Years after Lehman: A Trader Remakes His Life

By Jill Barshay, The Fiscal Times

After profiting off the mortgage bubble, Andrew Luan is now earning a living taking the curious on a two-hour walking tour of Wall Street’s collapse.
With Economy Worsening, Obama Ponders Next Move

By Adam Graham-Silverman and Eric Pianin, The Fiscal Times

With growing signs that the economy is worsening, President Obama and Democratic leaders are desperately looking for something more to do before the election.

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