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Friday, July 27, 2012

Employment

News                                                                                                                             
Washington Times | Applications for unemployment aid has biggest drop in 2 years
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped by 35,000 last week, a figure that may have been distorted by seasonal factors.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
Political Calculations | New Jobless Claims: Initial Confirmation of Our Hypothesis
Do high gasoline prices affect the number of layoffs in the United States?
WSJ | Jobless Claims Still Too Cloudy to Draw Conclusions
Whoa! Hold your horses, stock investors. Thursday’s encouraging unemployment-benefit claim figures might bode well for the job market, but it’s too early to tell whether they’re believable.
Coordination Problem | Crony Capitalism and Government Jobs Programs
I have a few thoughts on the topic, with special reference to Solyndra, over at Liberty Fund's Library of Law and Liberty.