Joseph Lawler

Xerox, Lockheed Martin and Procter & Gamble confirmed that they are among large companies participating in a White House pledge to not discriminate against the long-term unemployed when hiring. (Getty images File)

Economy

Obama enlists corporations in State of the Union plan to address long-term unemployment

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January 27, 2014 5:00 am

Members of the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors and regional Fed bank presidents will gather in Washington on Tuesday and Wednesday for the last monetary policy meeting headed by Chairman Ben Bernanke. (AP Photo)

Economy

The week ahead in economics: Ben Bernanke’s goodbye, Bitcoin and GDP

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January 27, 2014 5:00 am

Economy

Big Ideas: On job openings, Japan’s Shinzo Abe and Hispanics

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January 24, 2014 5:00 am

The proportion of the top 0.1 percent of earners working in finance grew dramatically between 1979 and 2005. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Economy

How the top 0.1 percent inflates the 1 percent

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January 24, 2014 5:00 am

The economic agenda for Republicans for the rest of the Obama presidency should be blocking bad policy and sketching out an alternative for the future, says Stephen Moore, the Heritage Foundation's new chief economist. (Photo by David Shankbone)

Economy

Heritage’s Stephen Moore: Agenda for GOP should be surviving Obama, sketching out plan

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January 24, 2014 5:00 am

With more people receiving unemployment benefits, and given the costs associated with working, employers have to pay more to attract the unemployed.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Economy

Early indications from North Carolina’s cuts in unemployment benefits show employment rising

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January 24, 2014 5:00 am

Brookings, a center-left research organization in Washington, has placed first on the list every year since 2009. (AP Photo)

Economy

Brookings takes top spot in ranking of think tanks

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January 23, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., offered a new strategy for dividing and conquering the Tea Party in a speech Thursday. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

Economy

Chuck Schumer reveals new strategy for subduing the Tea Party

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January 23, 2014 5:00 am

Economy

Jack Lew: Debt ceiling must be raised before Feb. 7

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January 22, 2014 5:00 am

Economy

Wall Street Journal’s Stephen Moore joins Heritage Foundation as chief economist

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January 21, 2014 5:00 am

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Obama enlists corporations in State of the Union plan to address long-term unemployment

The week ahead in economics: Ben Bernanke’s goodbye, Bitcoin and GDP

Big Ideas: On job openings, Japan’s Shinzo Abe and Hispanics

How the top 0.1 percent inflates the 1 percent

Heritage’s Stephen Moore: Agenda for GOP should be surviving Obama, sketching out plan

Early indications from North Carolina’s cuts in unemployment benefits show employment rising

Brookings takes top spot in ranking of think tanks

Chuck Schumer reveals new strategy for subduing the Tea Party

Jack Lew: Debt ceiling must be raised before Feb. 7

Wall Street Journal’s Stephen Moore joins Heritage Foundation as chief economist

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