Global Current Issues and Trends: April 2018 Total US nonfarm payroll employment rose by 103,000 in March after the 313,000 originally reported in February was revised up to 326,000 while January’s first reported 239,000 was revised down to 176,000. After these revisions, the average job gains over the past 3 …
Global Current Issues and Trends: March 2018
Global Current Issues and Trends: March 2018 Total US nonfarm payroll employment rose by 313,000 in February while January’s first reported 200,000 jobs were revised up to 239,000 and December’s jobs were revised up from 160,000 to 175,000. The national unemployment rate remains at 4.1%. In 2016, job gains totaled …
Global Current Issues and Trends: February 2018
Global Current Issues and Trends: February 2018 Total US nonfarm payroll employment rose by 200,000 jobs while December’s and November’s totals were revised down by 24,000. After these revisions job gains have averaged 192,000 over the past 3 months. The national unemployment rate remains at 4.1%. In 2016, job gains …
Global Current Issues and Trends: January 2018
Global Current Issues and Trends: January 2018 Total US nonfarm payroll employment in December increased by 148,000 less than most forecasters expected. Revisions for October and November combined were 9,000 less than previously reported. The national unemployment rate remains at 4.1%. In 2016, job gains totaled 2.2 million, compared …
Quality of Life Indicators August 2017 in Context by Hazel Henderson
Global Current Issues: August 2017 Total US nonfarm payroll employment in July rose by 209,000 with June revised up from 222,000 to 231,000. May was revised down from 152,000 to 145,000. In 2016, job gains totaled 2.2 million. So far in 2017 job gains averaged a monthly 184,000 almost matching …
Global Current Issues: July 2017
Total US nonfarm payroll employment in June rose by 222,000 while May was revised up from 138,000 to 152,000 and April was revised up to 207,000. In 2016, job gains totaled 2.2 million. Over the past 3 months of 2017 job gains averaged 180,000 per month. Indicating strong ending to …
From American Sustainable Business Council-ASBcouncil.org New Globalization Trends: Nativist Patriotism v. Green Glocalization
New Globalization Trends: Nativist Patriotism v. Green Glocalization Hazel Henderson on March 19, 2017 The 2016 US election and similar trends in Europe all exhibited revolts against global corporate and financial dominance. In the US, Trump supporters, Tea Party members, Occupy Wall Street, Bernie Sanders supporters all targeted the unfairness …
Book Review of Connectography: Mapping The Future of Global Civilization
Parag Khanna, Random House, NYC 2016 By Hazel Henderson © 2017 This book is bad news for President Trump’s chief advisor Steve Bannon and his colleagues at Breitbart Media. Author Parag Khanna’s meticulous mapping of our planet’s human-designed infrastructure cannot be deconstructed neither can its administrative apparatus of global agreements …
Business Recommits to Carbon Reduction Targets
NOVEMBER 25, 2016 Business Recommits to Carbon Reduction Targets In the face of claims by president-elect Donald Trump that he will eliminate the EPA, roll back environmental regulations, bring back coal production, and withdraw from the COP21 Paris Agreement, the private sector is pushing back by highlighting corporate goals to …