Career Economics
  • Multi-Billionaire Says You’re Working Too Hard

    By Reilly Dowd, The Fiscal Times

    New PGI survey shows that 88 percent of people say they work more than 40 hours per week. The second richest man in the world suggests that is too much—way too much. Carlos Slim says a three-day work...

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    The Mentally Ill and Work: Will More Money on Jobs Programs Help?

    By Michael Ollove, Stateline

    By his own admission, for many years Cyrus Napolitano’s mental illness—bipolar disorder—did not make him an ideal employee. Perhaps the worst moment came when he walked into the Brooklyn McDonald’s...

  • Skills Gap: Why Employers Can’t Fill Jobs

    By Mark Koba, CNBC

    A declining unemployment rate—now at 6.1 percent—would seem to mean that employers are packing their payrolls with workers. But many businesses say they are having a harder time filling open...

  • Daily Money Manager: The Hot Job Millions Will Need

    By Lewis Braham, Reuters

    Martha Nurenberg knew her 86-year-old father, Paul, had a problem when he was almost taken in by a letter promising untold riches if he provided a bank account number and payment of legal fees for a...

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    How One Man Makes a Fortune from...Sticks

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    Patrick Dougherty, an internationally acclaimed artist, makes elaborate sculptures out of wood. But he doesn’t carve them – he weaves them – and makes a nice living from his stick structures. Trained...