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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Employment

News                                                                                                                             
National Journal | State Department Flexing Its Job-Creation Muscles
Land O’ Lakes President and CEO Chris Policinski said the concept for his favorite development project is simple: It starts with a cow.

Econ Comments                                                                                                             
Washington Times | SHAPIRO: Pass free-trade agreements to create U.S. jobs
Every day Congress does nothing, American workers and businesses lose.
IBD | War On Small Businesses Is Keeping Job Gains Low
Unemployment will likely stay surprisingly high because government is winning its long war of attrition against the primary driver of employment — small business.
Washington Times | EDITORIAL: Jobless summer continues
Reckless administration policies continue to depress the economic outlook.
WSJ | Where Have America's Jobs Gone?
Hiring at McDonald's; Wireless Networks' Job-Killing Effect; One Machine Doing The Work of Three
Washington Times | LAMBRO: Job growth decline sends Obama into orbit
President’s call for higher taxes not grounded in reality.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
WSJ: Real Time Economics | Job Cutters May Reap What They Sow
...the U.S. economy as a whole suffers when weak labor markets hold back consumer spending. The same companies that are laying off workers today will soon wonder why they have no customers later on.
Political Calculations | Disappearing Teen Jobs and the Minimum Wage, Part 2
Is there really a connection between the rise of the minimum wage and the disappearance of teen jobs from the U.S. workforce over time?