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Friday, April 15, 2011

Employment

News                                                                                                                             
Fox | Changes in unemployment benefits by state
The number of people seeking benefits increased by 27,000 to 412,000. The four-week average of applications, a less volatile measure, rose to 395,750.
Bloomberg | California Begs Texas for Job-Creating Recipe With Growth Trading Places
When California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom begins meetings in Austin with Hardee’s hamburgers chief Andrew Puzder, local Chamber of Commerce Chairman Bobby Jenkins and Texas Governor Rick Perry, it’s because the most- populous state lingers in a funk, even as the U.S. pulls out of the deepest recession in half a century.

Econ Comments                                                                                                             
WSJ | The Obama Growth Discount
Policy matters. If Barack Obama matched Ronald Reagan's post-recession recovery rate, 15.7 million more Americans would have jobs.

Blogs                                                                                                                          
AEI: The American | On Green Energy: Renewable Energy Fails to Green the U.K. Economy
Pursuing a new green energy economy in the United Kingdom has led to lost jobs and higher energy prices.