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Economic spin doctors

September 11, 2014 By John Case

It's easy to feel you are being pressured against your instinct to accept a miserable marriage when listening to many economics pundits trying to be "upbeat" about the economy.

July unemployment rate doesn’t reflect truth about joblessness

August 4, 2014 By PAI

While 131,000 people found jobs last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report, the number of unemployed people rose by 197,000 to 9.67 million.

“Least productive” Congress left D.C. without doing anything serious

August 1, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Congress left town on August 1 for a month-long recess without tackling a host of U.S. problems - and lack of infrastructure funding is one of those topping the list.

Europe: The sky’s not falling

June 10, 2014 By Conn Hallinan

"The subjugation of democratic process to the markets was the reason why we have the crisis today...we predicted from the onset...that austerity-based policies would backfire."

Unemployment rate dropped because 800,000 were not counted

May 2, 2014 By PAI

The proportion of the unemployed and underemployed, including those so discouraged they stopped seeking work, is still one of every eight workers.