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Jobs policy has to be key to full economic recovery

May 28, 2013 Arthur Lieber Budget, Business, Cities, Congress, Consumer issues, Economy, Employment, Financial reform, Infrastructure, Labor and unions, Obama, Politics Leave a comment

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released statistics on eleven cities where workers are disappearing.  Note that workers disappearing is different from jobs

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