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September 12, 2016
Harrison Stetler
How the 2016 Election Killed the Golden Calf of Economic Growth
Thanks to Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, the metric for determining economic health has changed.
January 8, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
The economy added 2.7 million jobs in 2015.
December 2, 2015
Nader Habibi
America Has an Overeducation Problem
October 30, 2014
Danny Vinik
Thursday's GDP Report Will Tell Us a Lot About the Economy
October 10, 2014
Danny Vinik
Ignore the Haters: Obama Helped Save the U.S. Economy
October 9, 2014
Danny Vinik
The Federal Reserve Is the Only Institution Fighting for American Workers
August 21, 2014
Danny Vinik
Unemployed Americans Are Miserable, and Republicans Are Making It Worse
April 30, 2014
Danny Vinik
We've Been Worrying About the Wrong Deficit
April 18, 2014
Danny Vinik
Map: See Which States Have the Worst Job Markets
March 17, 2014
Danny Vinik
Economists Do Not Agree About How To Measure Unemployment
January 7, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
An Unemployment Benefits Extension? Here's the Sticking Point.
December 11, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
The Budget Deal Is a Decent One—Unless You're Unemployed
December 4, 2013
Kevin Mahnken
Four Frightening Charts About America's Struggling Lower-Middle Class
August 17, 1953
Daniel Bell
Hard Times for the Intellectuals
December 7, 1918
MagazineWalter E. Weyl
Buffer Employment
The greater the impending unemployment the greater the necessity for a well planned system of buffer jobs.

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