The Jobs Crisis

The recession has been over for more than a year now, but so many people are out of work that it doesn’t feel like much of a recovery. In November, the economy added just thirty-nine thousand jobs. The failure to translate G.D.P. growth into job growth has given us an unemployment rate that remains near ten per cent (twice what it was in 2007), and has swelled the ranks of the long-term unemployed. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Dec 27, 2010 - 5:52 AM PST
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Don Bertschman (review), Fabrice Florin (review)
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Dec 28, 2010 - 3:59 PM PST

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Derek Hawkins
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by Derek Hawkins - Dec. 28, 2010

A subtle call for more government intervention to lift the country out of the recession. Could have been heavier on the details, but the argument here is original, somewhat contrarian.

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by Don Bertschman - Dec. 28, 2010
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