From Road Rage to Workplace Rage: Watch Out for Angry Employees and Customers.
Although there are signs the economy is slowing recovering, millions of people are under-employed or unemployed. Personal financial stress can take its toll on your emotional and physical well-being....
View ArticleDreaming About Sugar Plums and Candy Canes? How About Your Own Small Business
In addition to Sugar Plums and Candy Canes this holiday season, you might be dreaming about starting your own business. Despite a slight uptick in employment, millions of Americans remain unemployed....
View ArticleThe Jobless Economy
I should really stop reading newspapers. All they do is get you depressed. And angry. When you write a column like this, you read a lot. An awful lot. You have to stay on top of just about every...
View ArticleGood 2014 Economic Figures? Check Your Math
Sometimes there are troubling phrases that creep into our language so slowly that few people stop to consider the consequences. “The new normal,” is one of these. When real GDP growth for 2014 was...
View ArticleDear Politician: If Small Business Is So Important, How Do You Explain These...
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. I’ve been reminded of that old English proverb in recent weeks as I’ve scanned the news for articles on the state of small business in the US. The proverb...
View ArticleWhen a drop in unemployment is bad news
Some will trumpet today’s announcement of a two-tenths of one percent drop in the June unemployment rate as great news, but in fact it just masks the truth of what is happening in the US economy: The...
View ArticleDrop in Labor Participation Signals Weak Economy
For immediate release ST. LOUIS, MO – “Some will trumpet the June drop of two-tenths of one percent in the unemployment rate as great news, but in fact it just masks the truth of what is happening in...
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