Regular readers of this blog know that I rely on Calculated Risk for a lot of basic economic data. CR presents hard data, compiles key numbers into graphs, and generally gives people like me much of what we need to…
My memories begin on the west side of town, when we lived in the Meadows, a then-new suburban neighborhood. We had a big yard, a big basement, several great trees — all on a quiet dead end street that had enough slope to be perfect for biking and other activities. Like so many suburban areas that are now a few decades old, Knollwood Street and those around it aren’t as impressive as they used to be. The housing boom fueled growth in other areas, with bigger — if not necessarily better built — homes with master suites and more bathrooms.
Last week, I posted Nothing “unintended†in arrest of Mercedes executive in Alabama. Now Alabama’s strict anti-immigration law, which has done some serious damage to the state’s agricultural sector and has caused all sorts of other problems, has led to…
UPDATE, 12/7: I just looked at the Met’s website and didn’t see anything about the audio for this getting posted, but there’s a nice blog post with a few pics at the Village Voice. UPDATE: This broadcast is over, but…
I was looking for something else at the PBS website when I ran across this fascinating interview by Jeffrey Brown of Andrew Graham-Dixon, author of Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane. I suppose if you’re reading this, you already know…
A couple of points that I didn’t have a chance to make in an earlier post. The U-6 measure of unemployment, which according to the BLS includes “total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total…
According to preliminary data released this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. economy added a seasonally adjusted 120,000 jobs in November. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from 9% to 8.6%. That’s about the number of jobs…
Sorry to make the title so simplistic, but it really does feel like the Eurozone could go one of two ways after the last couple of days. The European Central Bank signaled that it might be more willing to be…
As Georgia legislators prepare for the 2012 session, let’s hope they ignore distractions like the proposed bills that would place a heavier burden on the state’s laid-off workers. Lawmakers should be spending their time looking at ways to improve the…
Georgia is the only state in the country to have statistically significant job loss over the last year. A new report from the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia predicts that it will be 2020 before Georgia…
Just a heads up about the December 4th closing of Betsy Cain’s show “In Situ” at the Telfair Museums’ Jepson Center for the Arts here in Savannah. I reviewed the show in a Savannah Morning News column in August. I…
