Doing the math: Obama, Romney have jobs problems
As Seattle area jobs numbers disappoint, doing the arithmetic helps to make clear the economic landscape that both presidential candidates face.
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As Seattle area jobs numbers disappoint, doing the arithmetic helps to make clear the economic landscape that both presidential candidates face.
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Two heroes stand out, Ben Bernanke and Sandy Lewis. Lots of candidates for worsening the problem.
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Flip Side: True, the financial world of Bain might look a teensy bit like a scam. But you just don't understand.
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A point-by-point analysis of why Romney's cures would make the economy much worse. And why Democrats, too timid to propose clear alternatives, share the blame.
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For cities, economic development is not a zero-sum game. Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary, Ind. are joining forces to drive growth.
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Hold still, Goldman Sachs, while we read you your rights.
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While Oklahoma City cheered its team, thousands gathered in Pioneer Square to support an effort to bring NBA basketball back to Seattle.
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The day's winners and losers.
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There's only one good reason to consider a new NBA basketball-NHL hockey arena in Seattle. It's the passion, stupid.
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The hedge fund manager who wants to bring the NBA and NHL to Seattle could have a real winner. We take a look at the possible millions.
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City partners, beware! Such pro-sports deals are full of arcane opportunities for making money, including the art of hedging income.
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In Seattle and nationally, our political discourse is frustrating and circular, wrapping us in irrelevant talking points. How about discussing the ways we make a better future?
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Holland's government falls and France sends the president into a runoff. Will new voices emerge? Welcome back to the Euro Crisis.
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Is public transit all about getting there quickly and conveniently, or about having fun and looking cool? The new First Hill Streetcar line will give us one, but we could have had both.
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How did We the People dwindle into We the Taxpayers? Author Marilynne Robinson is making waves nationally with her new book about American society and our democratic faith in the potential of every person.
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A conservative worries that the liberals are much more on top of this issue than the conservatives, who are feuding with each other.
YouTube is expected to announce a new plan to allow some content creators to charge a monthly subscription for their videos. Children's channels, entertainment and music are among the genres expected to use the subscription option. But, a vast majority of YouTube's videos will remain free.
The problem is that employers lack confidence to hire, not that there are not skilled workers out there.
The latest jobs data shows the economy is creating jobs, despite drops in federal expenditures.
Will Marshall writes: "What if progressives made expanding production rather than consumption the organising principle of their economic policy? What if they tackled the imperatives of economic investment, innovation and wealth creation with the same passion they normally reserve for fairness and wealth distribution? Stronger economic growth by itself may not be sufficient to reverse the disturbing rise of economic inequality. But it is the necessary precondition for progressive success in getting people back to work, lifting the middle class, allaying class friction and nativism, and restoring the allure of market democracy."