Date: Sun, 10. January 2010 00:40:48

The White House announced Friday the awarding of $2.3 billion in tax credits - the money comes from last year's stimulus bill - to companies to create "green jobs." The announcement was rather obviously timed to counter the news that the nation lost 85,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate stayed at 10% - bad news for an administration that once promised to hold unemployment to 8% by the end of 2009. So the administration sought to change the tune by talking about all those green jobs in the pipeline. "Building a robust clean-energy sector is how we will create the jobs of the future - jobs that pay well and can't be outsourced," President Obama said Friday. Yes, but getting these jobs is burning a hole in the national wallet. The problem is that even advocates like Obama concede that these programs are not very cost-effective in creating jobs. Obama says the grants will create 17,000 cleantech jobs. Well, get out your calculator. $2.3 billion for 17,000 jobs equals $135,294 per job. (And that's not including the eventual interest on this deficit spending). Those green jobs had better pay well over six figures to justify that expense.

Date: Fri, 26. August 2011 23:17:07

Steve Jobs was of course the big news in the realm of leadership this week. His announcement that he was stepping down as chief executive of Apple saddened us all and led us to pause and reflect and sum up an extraordinary career. Our first to file, within an hour or two of the announcement, was Carmine Gallo, a leading expert on Jobs, with "What Makes Steve 'Steve." Before long we also had Chunka Mui taking "A Measure of Steve Jobs," my appreciation of what I take to be "Steve Jobs' One Big Idea," and George Bradt doing a "Steve Jobs Wake Analysis." Steve Denning got past legend with "Understanding Apple: Five Myths About Steve Jobs," and followed up with "Another Myth Bites the Dust: How Apple Listens to Its Customers," while Caleb Melby put together a slideshow of "Apple's Most Unforgettable Advertising." Carmine Gallo returned with a tribute to "Steve Jobs: The World's Most Inspiring Comunicator." August Turak asked "Do You Think Like Steve Jobs? Take This Quiz and Find Out," and Adam Hartung identified one CEO who definitely doesn't: "Why Leo Apotheker Is No Steve Jobs?Too Bad for HP." Finally David Martin penned a lovely recollection of his father's time with Jobs as one of Apple's very first employees: "Steve Jobs and the Impact of Clarity."

Date: Wed, 26. May 2010 04:00:09

CQPolitics.com - Democratic leaders have tapped newly elected Rep. Mark Critz as the poster child for their election-year slogan -- jobs, jobs, jobs -- and are working hard to get the Pennsylvania rookie as much exposure as possible on the issue.

Date: Wed, 26. May 2010 04:00:09

CQPolitics.com - Democratic leaders have tapped newly elected Rep. Mark Critz as the poster child for their election-year slogan -- jobs, jobs, jobs -- and are working hard to get the Pennsylvania rookie as much exposure as possible on the issue.

Date: Thu, 15. January 2009 14:23:33

Is Tim Cook's substitute role for ailing Steve Jobs a try-out for when Jobs is no longer the force behind Apple?

Date: Sat, 8. October 2011 19:03:09

One of the all-time great corporate leaders and innovators died this week, much too soon, and at Forbes Leadership we all paused to reflect on and sum up what Steve Jobs had been and done. Within hours of the news, Carmine Gallo gave us "Steve Jobs: He Saw Genius in Our Craziness," with terrific video on what you can learn from how the Apple chief did it. I followed with "What Steve Jobs Really Gave Us: Joy." Scott Davis added "Steve Jobs, Inspired and Inspiring." John Ellett considered "Steve Jobs' Legacy for Marketers." William Duggan asked, "Steve Jobs: Visionary or Opportunist?," and answered opportunist?but in the best possible way. E. D. Kain took a personal view, with "Remembering Steve Jobs: How Apple Helped Shape My Childhood" and also gathered some of the best writings from beyond Forbes Leadership with "10 Must-Reads and Other Tributes to the Life of Steve Jobs." The day before Jobs' death, Carmine Gallo responded to the announcement of the new iPhone by filing "Apple's Tim Cook Does His Best Steve Jobs." Now Cook will have to keep doing his best Steve, but none of us will soon be forgetting the great man himself and all he did for us and showed us. I expect we'll continue to draw what wisdom we can from his example at Forbes Leadership.

Date: Wed, 31. August 2011 17:15:14

The Nation - The Nation -- President Obama is right: The United States needs a jobs program that spends federal tax dollars to retain jobs, to create jobs and to put tens of millions of Americans back to work.

Date: Tue, 2. November 2010 07:51:17

Estimates on jobs and the impact on jobs suggest up to 1.6 million jobs will be lost, with more going in the private sector than the public sector.

Date: Mon, 4. April 2011 04:27:37

The 2010 midterms? Everybody knows what happened: disenchantment with Obama, tanking economy, soaring unemployment, tea party , Founding Fathers, jobs-jobs-jobs. It was a sweep! A landslide! A shellacking! A mandate! And now 1 million cervical cancer screenings every year are in jeopardy.

Date: Sat, 8. October 2011 22:14:25

Robin Hanson, Megan McArdle, and Will Wilkinson all think Steve Jobs gave bad advice to the 2005 graduating class of Stanford University. They think Jobs's advice to follow your heart and "never settle" on a career you don't love had more to do with Jobs's own extraordinary talent and good fortune than the circumstances of the average person. I think they're right that Jobs's advice isn't good advice for everyone, but it's a message that unusually-talented 22-year-olds ought to hear.