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Monday, July 15, 2013

Employment

News                                                                                                                             
CNN Money | Twinkies are back, but most jobs are not
Twinkies are back in stores. But most of the jobs of the people that make them won't be returning any time soon.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
Washington Post | High tech and the long road to ‘full employment’
Here’s a somber thought: We may never — or at least not anytime soon — regain “full employment,” meaning an unemployment rate between, say, 4 percent and 5.5 percent. It is now four years from the recovery’s start, and the number of jobs is still 2.2 million below the pre-recession peak.
Forbes | The Untold Unemployment Story: A Loss Of 162,000 Full-Time Jobs In June
You would not have gotten the real story about the June unemployment report on the front page of any newspaper. If you can find a reporter who can think for himself or herself, he or she is a treasure who should be promoted to run the entire paper.