Why This Jobs Report Will Be a Mess

By BEN CASSELMAN
NYT Business
The lengthy government shutdown will make the Labor Department’s employment data for January hard to interpret.
Published date: February 1, 2019 at 01:03AM
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Government Shutdown Shakes Stability of Jobs That Are Often the Best Around

By NATALIE KITROEFF and ROBERT GEBELOFF
NYT Economy
Federal work is an anchor in many local economies, offering security and benefits increasingly rare in the private sector and a route to the middle class.
Published date: January 17, 2019 at 02:15AM
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‘I Never Take a Sick Day’: Americans Talk About Reporting to Work When Ill

By LELA MOORE
NYT
Afraid to ask for a day off, or lacking adequate paid leave, some workers go years without taking a sick day.
Published date: January 15, 2019 at 12:00PM
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Federal Shutdown’s Uneven Toll: Some Americans Devastated, Others Oblivious

By JULIE BOSMAN, PATRICIA COHEN and JULIE TURKEWITZ
NYT
As the shutdown approached record length, it was being felt by Americans in widely varying ways. For some, it is invisible; for others, it’s inescapable.
Published date: January 11, 2019 at 07:46PM
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‘One Paycheck, Maybe Two’: Federal Workers Tell Us How Long They Can Live Without Wages

By LELA MOORE
NYT
As the partial government shutdown drags on and it grows more likely that a payday will pass them by, affected workers describe their sacrifices and preparations.
Published date: January 10, 2019 at 10:27PM
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The Year in Charts

By STEVEN RATTNER
NYT
Economic and other indicators are making it increasingly clear that Trump’s economic dreams are unlikely to come true.
Published date: December 31, 2018 at 01:00PM
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Sears Is Dying, but Workers’ Loyalty Lives On

By MICHAEL CORKERY
NYT
Across the country, legions of former employees gather regularly to celebrate a bygone era of retailing.
Published date: December 28, 2018 at 12:00PM
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Macron Has a Long-Term Vision. But the French Have Urgent Needs.

By ADAM NOSSITER
NYT Europe
Ordinary people say President Emmanuel Macron “seems to be deaf” to their daily struggles, speechifying about the fate of the planet while overlooking their pain. They are now demanding he listen.
Published date: November 28, 2018 at 01:17AM
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Everything Is for Sale Now. Even Us.

By RUTH WHIPPMAN
NYT Sunday Review
The constant pressure to sell ourselves on every possible platform has produced its own brand of modern anxiety.
Published date: November 24, 2018 at 09:30PM
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More Than 280,000 French Protest Taxes by Blocking Roads

By ALISSA J. RUBIN
NYT Europe
The country’s “Yellow Vest” movement demonstrated nationwide, blocking roads and roundabouts, to register anger about fuel taxes and the loss of purchasing power.
Published date: November 17, 2018 at 10:14PM
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Unemployment Looks Like 2000 Again. But Wage Growth Doesn’t.

By ERNIE TEDESCHI
NYT
Trying to solve an economic mystery.
Published date: October 22, 2018 at 12:00PM
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September Jobs Report: Here’s What to Watch For

By BEN CASSELMAN
NYT Economy
The Labor Department data will provide the latest snapshot of the American economy.
Published date: October 5, 2018 at 12:00PM
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With Popularity Slumping, Macron Tries Tax Cuts for France’s Working Class

By LIZ ALDERMAN
NYT Economy
As polls numbers drop, President Emmanuel Macron promises benefits for middle- and low-income earners and tells investors he won’t halt economic reforms.
Published date: October 4, 2018 at 12:00PM
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One Reason for Slow Wage Growth? More Benefits

By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM
NYT Politics
The rise of nonwage compensation like paid time off is helping persuade the Fed to push up interest rates.
Published date: September 25, 2018 at 09:25PM
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Your Questions About FIRE, Answered

By STEVEN KURUTZ
NYT
Readers had lots of questions about our recent story about the FIRE movement (financial independence, retire early). Here are some answers.
Published date: September 11, 2018 at 06:56PM
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Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Poverty. They’re Not.

By MATTHEW DESMOND
NYT
U.S. unemployment is down and jobs are going unfilled. But for people without much education, the real question is, Do those jobs pay enough to live on?
Published date: September 11, 2018 at 12:00PM
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How to Retire in Your 30s With $1 Million in the Bank

By STEVEN KURUTZ
NYT
Fed up with their high-pressure jobs, some millennials are quitting and embracing the FIRE movement. (It stands for financial independence, retire early).
Published date: September 1, 2018 at 01:00PM
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You’ll Never Guess Which Company Is Reinventing Health Benefits

By REED ABELSON
NYT
Frustrated with insurers, some large companies — including a certain cable behemoth — are shedding long-held practices and adopting a do-it-yourself approach.
Published date: August 31, 2018 at 04:30PM
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Honey, I Swept the Floor!

By BROOKE WILLIAMS
NYT
Why do so many husbands feel the need to boast about completing simple household chores? With mine, it’s all about branding.
Published date: August 31, 2018 at 07:00AM
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At Carrier, the Factory Trump Saved, Morale Is Through the Floor

By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
NYT Economy
Twenty months after the president-elect reached a deal to keep blue-collar jobs from leaving the country, absenteeism plagues the Indiana plant.
Published date: August 10, 2018 at 04:30PM
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