Daily Archives: 07/11/2011

Employment

(Community Matters) Kauffman Foundation Jobs Study: Starting Smaller; Staying Smaller: America’s Slow Leak in Job Creation.

The United States appears
to be suffering from a long-term leak in job creation
that pre-dates the recession and has the potential
to persist for an unknown time. The heart of the
problem is a pullback by newly created businesses,
the economy’s most critical source of job creation,
which are generating substantially fewer jobs than
one would expect based on past experience.

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Ken Herman on Joaquin Castro

(Community Matters) this morning’s column in the Austin American Statesman – I’d reframe it: Opportunity for Doggett. An opportunity to add another solid, young, up & coming Democrat to the Texas delegation and a real chance for Congr. Lloyd Dogget & Travis County Democrats to battle with Republicans and keep CD-25. Joaquin’s is not a race against Congr. Lloyd Doggett.  It’s a race about Joaquin’s vision for the infrastructure of opportunity and about the next generation of political leaders with whom we will turn Texas blue.

Unemployment & the Economy

(Community Matters) This needs to be fixed – Paul Krugman