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Why Do Republicans Hate Immigrants?

Posted on October 10, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly “The stakes are enormous if Republicans succeed in removing most of the estimated 11 million undocumented worker (only half of which are from Mexico and the Latin countries), and cut legal immigration in half, as they have promised to … Continue reading →

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Who Won the Civil War?

Posted on August 23, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call “Just more than one week after President Donald Trump unveiled plans to deploy troops from the D.C. National Guard and to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department to tackle crime in Washington, six states have pledged to send in their … Continue reading →

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California Can’t Be Bullied

Posted on June 16, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that California has officially overtaken Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy, according to newly released data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). April, 2025 LATimes The Trump … Continue reading →

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Immigrants Make a Difference

Posted on June 9, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly “Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 139,000 in May, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment continued to trend up in health care, leisure and hospitality, … Continue reading →

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Immigrants the Lifeblood of U.S. Economy

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner “For most of the past half-century, adults in the U.S. Baby Boom generation – those born after World War II and before 1965 – have been the main driver of the nation’s expanding workforce. But as this … Continue reading →

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Immigrants Drive Republicans Crazy!

Posted on September 17, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call The stakes are enormous if Republicans succeed in removing most of the estimated 11 million undocumented workers (only half of which are from Mexico and the Latin countries), and cut legal immigration in half, as they have promised to … Continue reading →

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Why the Historical Decline in US Growth?

Posted on November 9, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner @GregDaco Nonfarm business sector labor productivity decreased 0.3 percent in the third quarter of 2019, first decline in 5 years, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, as output increased 2.1 percent and hours worked increased 2.4 … Continue reading →

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America’s Immigration Problem

Posted on January 8, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly CalculatedRiskBlog The Calculated Risk graph says it best in the Labor Department’s latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). There are still about one million more job openings (yellow line) than hires (blue line). There have … Continue reading →

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What Is ‘New Normal’ U.S. Growth?

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Graph: Seeking Alpha/BLS There is a current debate whether the U.S. will escape the ‘new normal’ of slower economic growth since the Great Recession, when American households lost a collective $9 trillion in value and consumers cut … Continue reading →

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America’s Concentration Camps for Children

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

ANSWERING THE KENNEDYS CALL NYTimes.com There should no longer be any doubt that the Trump administration is pursuing policies last used in Nazi Germany—concentration camps that now house up to 13,000 young Hispanic refugees—mostly unaccompanied minors who are seeking asylum … Continue reading →

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