"There are no jobs!" That is what people told me when I visited a NYC " jobs center" near my Fox studios.

Is it true?

Tonight, I look into that, when I join Fox Business anchors for a special on Fox News Channel, "Out of Work".

My team of four producers explored the area within a few blocks of the "jobs center" and in a few hours, found 40 job openings. 24 were entry-level positions... continue reading »

Today, predictably, the New York Times criticized Congress for limiting unemployment benefit extensions -- that is, 99 weeks of assistance:... continue reading »

Innovation increases productivity. And that's good. But somehow, our president tells NBC News that he thinks that's bad - that it kills jobs... continue reading »

James Farrell, from the Fox News Brainroom, writes:

The New York Times has finally discovered what everyone else (including Obama economic advisor Larry Summers) has long recognized: extending the duration of unemployment benefits increases the duration of unemployment...

A Times reporter looked at Denmark... continue reading »

Yesterday, Congress voted 60 to 40 to extend unemployment benefits through November. Unemployment benefits are popular with the public, so I understand why even Republicans say they support this handout “if it’s paid for.”  But this is not good policy. Unemployment checks lead people to delay seeking work.  I’m told that  it’s cruel to say that, but it’s just true. When you subsidize something, you get more of it... continue reading »

On Stuart Varney’s FBN program this morning, they debated whether the financial “reform” bill  will kill job creation. I can’t see how a two-thousand plus-page law ever avoids doing that. Politicians, many of whom are lawyers, share the conceit that they can manage life with paper and procedure.  They don’t understand that just the quantity of their rule cause entrepreneurs to simply say: “I won’t even try.” Why did German and Japan thrive after WWII? Because American bombs destroyed years of accumulated bureaucracy... continue reading »

This week the NY Times expressed outrage at Congress’ reluctance to extend federal unemployment benefits.  

 “Desperately needed unemployment benefits have been held hostage …The right thing to do is obvious. The House and Senate should immediately extend unemployment benefits and aid to states...”  ... continue reading »