Robert J. Samuelson says historians have not understood the significance of the ?Great Inflation? that raged through the economy in the late 1970s and early ?80s.

The end of the workweek has little meaning at a state-run employment office in Harlem, which has become increasingly full as the economy continues to lose jobs.

With the economy in turmoil, we're losing a lot of jobs. The unemployment rate dictates the pace of employment law litigation in this country. The fewer jobs that are available, the more attractive and lucrative litigation becomes. It's why during tough

LABOR'S industrial relations changes are likely to trigger job losses and higher inflation that will ultimately create "wage-price spirals" and drive up interest rates, according to Treasury's official analysis of the plan to scrap Work Choices.

The fiscal stimulus package announced on Monday by the Chancellor of the Exchequer was nothing if not radical. Rarely has a government let borrowing rip to the extent that Mr Darling is prepared to do in order to stimulate the economy and keep consumers s