The declining labor force participation rate is largely the result of well-documented long-term demographic trends that we’ve known about for decades.
A closer look at the declining labor force participation rate
Month: May 2012
Everything Jimmy Stewart sees out the “Rear Window”, in 3 minutes
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals / JJ Grey & Mofro – Forsyth Park – 06/01/12
Does “Whole Foods Effect” spur business investment and neighborhood revitalization?
In the second half of my City Talk column today, I wrote about the symbolic importance of Savannah getting a Whole Foods. Coincidentally, a Facebook friend yesterday sent me a great piece from Salon: Whole Foods is coming? Time to buy
Cusses, Aurora, Triathalon, and homegrown Savannah rock and roll (photos)
I enjoyed Cusses’ set maybe more than any that I’ve seen before — the music was both more intense and more intimate in such a small setting. Simply put, lead singer Angel Bond has got it going on.
Good intentions + Conflicting agendas = Bad design
These United States – The Wormhole – 05/19/12
Cool Savannah happenings: Tall Ships Challenge (photos)
April employment report: mediocre job gains as unemployment rate slips to 8.1%
Estimates vary widely, but the 115,000 jobs added in April in the U.S. is about the number needed to keep pace with population growth.
So that’s not a disastrous number under normal circumstances, but it looks pretty bad considering the deep hole we still need to climb out of.
Savannah City Council approves One West Victory development
One West Victory, with plans for 121 apartments as well as a relatively small amount of commercial space at the corner of Victory Drive and Bull Street, won fairly easy approval at today’s City Council meeting. I’m a little surprised by the investment that Jamestown and Greenstreet Properties is willing to make there, but I’m generally thrilled about it.
Whose is bigger? McClatchy takes a long look at U.S. port depths and locations
If you’re interested in the ongoing debates, controversies, costs, and risks regarding dredging the Savannah River from 42′ to 47′, check out this interesting piece today by Curtis Tate of McClatchy Newspapers: As states seek funds for deeper ports, will ships come in?
It’s official: Whole Foods coming to Savannah
Whole Foods Market announced officially today that it’s coming to the former Backus Cadillac property in Savannah.
Euro area unemployment rises to 10.9%, in another sign of misguided policies
It’s been like watching a slow-motion — and entirely preventable — train wreck: extreme austerity measures aren’t leading Europe to prosperity but driving the continent’s economy into the ground. This has seemed pretty obvious for a long time, but European policy makers have seemed somehow blind to the problem.
Paris Review explores Flannery O’Connor the cartoonist
There’s a great piece at the Paris Review about Flannery O’Connor — a Savannah native and arguably the most important writer in Georgia history — and her years of cartooning.