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How immigration reform will supercharge the labor market, reduce national debt by over $600 billion in the next 2 decades: Research Affiliates CIO
Declining US fertility rates and an aging workforce make immigration reform an "economic necessity,…
Christine Ji  Â
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New govt to inherit strong economy, focus on making India developed nation by 2047
India's world record beating economic growth rate together with robust tax revenues, a fast expandi…
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In India, being educated might increase your chances of unemployment: ILO report
According to the latest International Labour Organisation (ILO) report on India's labour landscape,…
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Tech titans love Modi's economic powerhouse India — despite mass unemployment and abject poverty
India is on track to become the world's third-largest economy by 2027, but Narendra Modi faces a pi…
Theron Mohamed  Â
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Modi 3.0 will offer policy continuity, but BJP's loss of outright majority may slow down fiscal reforms: Moody's
This victory indicates continuity in policy, particularly in infrastructure spending and boosting d…
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7.5 million workers just lost their unemployment benefits and Biden didn't step in: 'I'm very, very angry because this is an attempt, in my opinion, to force us all back to work in low paying jobs'
A Delta variant surge is keeping many people from returning to work, especially high-risk, low pay …
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballo…  Â
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People in half the country got unemployment checks 'unacceptably' slowly last summer, Fed report finds
Geography makes or breaks how quickly workers get their checks. In May 2021, Ohio made just 34% of …
Juliana Kaplan  Â
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Biden's new plan pledges unemployment reform, but doesn't put money behind it
The American Families Plan lacks specifics on overhauling unemployment benefits and doesn't elabora…
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballo…  Â
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Top Democrats are calling on President Biden to permanently reform unemployment and beef up benefits
Sen. Bernie Sanders is one of 38 Democrats calling for President Joe Biden to include changes to un…
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballo…  Â
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Senate Democrats want to spend $3 billion to fix state unemployment systems and make it easier to collect jobless checks
During the pandemic, aging unemployment systems broke down across the country, leaving some workers…
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballo…  Â
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Just 58% of unemployment checks arrived on time, leaving Americans waiting for cash as the pandemic left them jobless
A new report from Bloomberg found that nearly half of unemployed Americans found themselves receivi…
Juliana Kaplan  Â
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America's big experiment with expanded unemployment is ending. Meet the people who transformed their lives with the government's help during the pandemic.
Since March 2020, America's pandemic social safety net has allowed the unemployed to go back to sch…
Anna Cooban,Juliana Kaplan  Â
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Unemployment claims may never go back to 'normal.' Here's why that's a good thing.
Unemployment-benefit filings are still double prepandemic levels. The RAND economist Kathryn Anne E…
Juliana Kaplan,Ben Winck  Â
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The Delta variant is jeopardizing the economic recovery, but Congress isn't budging as 20 million workers are set to lose unemployment aid
The economic recovery suddenly looks in doubt and may not be complete by September, when benefits a…
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballo…  Â
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A Nevada man reportedly waited 7 months to get unemployment benefits, but he was evicted and died months later
A new report from Bloomberg Businessweek profiles a worker who applied for benefits in May 2020, go…
Juliana Kaplan  Â
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Half of the people who applied for unemployment didn't get it, new report says
Bloomberg Businessweek found at least 9 million who applied for benefits didn't get them. It was do…
Juliana Kaplan  Â
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Biden won't extend $300 boost to weekly unemployment benefits past September
In a letter, Biden's Treasury and Labor Secretaries said Labor Day will be the end of expanded unem…
Ayelet Sheffey  Â
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Meet 2 Americans who just lost unemployment benefits as thousands of workers are cut off from $300 per week
"I kind of feel like the rug got jerked out from under me," a Missourian told Insider, as a dozen s…
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballo…  Â
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America's unemployment system is broken. With millions of workers still without jobs, it's time to finally fix it.
The extended federal unemployment benefits were a success during the pandemic. Congress must cement…
Julia Raifman,Will Raderman  Â
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Republican governors are canceling unemployment but Biden's Labor Department may step in and provide some of it instead
Thirteen GOP states are planning to end federal unemployment benefits early, impacting more than 89…