Posts tagged World Economic Forum

    Don’t Panic: A Skeptic’s Guide to the AI Jobs Doomsday

    July 16, 2026 // Overall, US unemployment was 5.9 percent in mid-1979 and 5.3 percent by mid-1989.[25] During this same period the working-age population swelled by 21.5 million, or about 13 percent.[26] So, while some manufacturing jobs were lost, overall unemployment actually declined slightly over that period despite an increase in job seekers. New jobs in new fields were created by automation. Somebody had to operate the machines, build and maintain them, and transport them to foreign countries. This is the nature of automation: It focuses on eliminating the more tedious tasks, freeing up time, labor, and resources for other pursuits.

    WATCH: NH teachers’ union head confirms World Economic Forum is helping develop curriculum

    April 25, 2026 // The head of the New Hampshire chapter of the American Federation of Teachers told lawmakers the union is working with globalists to develop curriculum for students. Deborah Howe told a legislative committee Tuesday the AFT is “working with industry leaders from around the world to develop career and technical education curriculum to share with any school in the United States.”

    Trump tells federal agencies to root out disguised DEI programs

    January 27, 2025 // The American Federation of Government Employees, a union that represents 800,000 federal employees, called Trump's order an excuse for "firing civil servants."

    Opinion: Apprenticeships, Not College, Can Help Reduce Unemployment

    June 25, 2022 // We estimate that the entirety of our current employment gap is driven by people without children under 18 at home and most predominantly by young adults. While total employment is down 0.28% since the start of the pandemic, employment among 20- to 24-year-olds is down 3.7%. Claudia Goldin, Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, employment gap, Huntsville, Alabama, National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, Pathways, Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs, IRAP model,