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Brain -> Corporate profits return but there's almost no hiring – we work harder for less. (7/28/2010 10:55:07 PM)
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Corporate profits return but there's almost no hiring – we work harder for less.
The Great Decoupling of Corporate Profits from Jobs
Monday, July 26, 2010
Second-quarter earnings reports are coming in, and they’re making Wall Street smile. Corporate profits are up. And big American companies are sitting on a gigantic pile of money. The 500 largest non-financial firms held almost a trillion dollars in the second quarter, and that money pile is growing larger this quarter. Profits that plummeted in the recession have bounced back. Big businesses have recovered almost 90 percent of what they lost.
So with all this money and profit, they’ll start hiring again, right? Wrong – for three reasons.
http://robertreich.org/post/863304269/the-great-decoupling-of-corporate-profits-from-jobs
Robert Reich is Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations, most recently as secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton. He has written twelve books, including The Work of Nations, Locked in the Cabinet, and his most recent book, Supercapitalism. His "Marketplace" commentaries can be found on publicradio.com and iTunes.
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