u.s. work force

U.S. workers are far, far more productive than their Chinese counterparts -- mostly because we have a big head start on automation. And when you combine lower productivity with the rising wages that Chinese laborers now demand, you get what may be the recipe for the rebirth of American manufacturing.

Despite the brightening economic picture, a new survey shows about a third of employers remain skittish about hiring new employees. An even greater percentage say they plan to cut jobs in the new year. Yet some signs now show that many companies are concerned that previous cutbacks have put...

An undertow of the current health care debate has been the suspicion that working Americans will be forced to cover the cost of health care for deadbeats who decline to work and pay for their own. I thought it would be interesting to look, state by state, at just how many people 16 years of age...