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Friday, August 26, 2011

Employment

News                                                                                                                             
CNN Money | Halliburton adding 11,000 jobs, mostly in North Dakota
Halliburton is on a hiring spree this year, planning to create as many 15,000 jobs globally, including 11,000 in North America.

Econ Comments                                                                                                             
Washington Times | COLE: A ‘free lunch’ for small business
Exempting costs of hiring first employee would create millions of jobs.
WSJ | The Importance of Jobs
Apple's former CEO, Say's Law, and the sources of prosperity.
Washington Times | MILLER: A reptile messes with Texas
Obama cares more about sagebrush lizards than jobs.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
American: Enterprise Blog | Some But Not All Female Health Workers Also Have Margin of Advantage in Unemployment
Last week, I pointed out that for almost 50 years, unemployment rates among males working in hospitals or other parts of the health services industry have been lower than for their counterparts in the rest of the economy. The pattern for women, however, is far different.