unemployment
Jobless rate virtually unchanged in July
August 6, 2012At July's rate, it would take more than eight years to get back to full employment.
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Native American joblessness is slow genocide
July 24, 2012Small wonder that U.S. Native peoples are beset with a blistering, hideous panoply of social and health ills hardly seen elsewhere in this world. Unemployment kills!
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Documenting the disaster
July 16, 2012"Hard Times: Lost on Long Island" is an examination of endless heartbreak and the clinging to the slender thread of hope.
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Greed and the pain in Spain
June 19, 2012The European Union's response to the economic chaos gripping the continent seems a combination of profound delusion, and what British a reporter called "sado-monetarism" -- endless cutbacks, savage austerity, and widespread layoffs.
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Fish gotta swim and George Will gotta lie
June 19, 2012I find the rant against governmental regulatory power bizarre, though not surprising. Will has a lot of - I'll be polite - nerve to complain about regulatory overreach
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