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Sheldon Filger: U.S. Unemployment Rate Continues to Fall as Discouraged Workers ‘Disappear’

The real meaning of the April jobs number is that the participation of age-eligible Americans in the labor force — both working and unemployed — is at a 30 year low. How is that synonymous with an economic recovery? Continue reading

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Oregon Reforms Health Care For Poor Residents

Oregon may have found a way to improve the health care it provides poor residents while saving money. The federal government has agreed to give the st… Read more: Kathleen Sebelius , Health Care Costs , Budget , Economy , Jobs , Health Insurance , Barack Obama , Recession , Unemployment , Obamacare , Health Care Reform , Medicaid , Healthcare Reform , Health Care , John Kitzhaber , Healthcare , Oregon , Video , Business News Continue reading

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Obama Promises Summer Jobs In Aim To Lure Young Voters

By Lily Kuo WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) – The White House pledged on Wednesday to help lower-income youth find summer jobs in a move … Continue reading

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Administration Halts Program That Helped Sick People Find Health Care

Health insurance agents and brokers will no longer be getting paid to tell sick people about a government-backed health insurance plan that can’t turn… Read more: Preexisting Condition , Health Care Costs , Health Insurance Preexisting Condition , Pcip , Health Insurance , Barack Obama , Obamacare , Health Care Reform , Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan , Healthcare Reform , Health Care , Healthcare , Pre-Existing-Condition , Business News Continue reading

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Jared Bernstein: Health Care Economics

If the economy were a person, here’s how I’d describe his travails in recent years. For far too long, he binged on junk food, with no regard for the impact of such dietary habits on his system Continue reading

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Obama Targets Deceptive College Recruiting Aimed At Veterans

For more than a year, veterans groups and Senate Democrats have warned that for-profit colleges are aggressively recruiting current and former soldier… Read more: GI Bill , Video , President Obama , Colleges , Barack Obama , Veterans , For-Profit Colleges , Business News Continue reading

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Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam: The Buffett Rule

The filibuster rule trumped the Buffett Rule and the people lost once again. So, it’s out with the old Buffett Rule that is Warren-based. Continue reading

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Does The President Really Matter?

As Mitt Romney and President Obama begin the battle in earnest for the White House, they’re touting their ability to do everything from fix the econom… Read more: Freakonomics , Video , Freakonomics Video Series , Freaknomics Huffington Post , Mitt Romney , Health Care Reform , Business News , Presidential Power , Barack Obama , Business News Continue reading

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Ian Fletcher: Is Obama Getting Serious About Manufacturing? Maybe

Let’s take a look at a speech recently given by Gene Sperling, Director of the National Economic Council. It’s a good metric of whether the administration “gets it” on manufacturing, and gives a fairly clear picture of the evolution of its thinking. Read more: Obama Administration , Manufacturing , Barack Obama , Mitt Romney , Trade , Obama Trade , President Obama , Gene Sperling Speech , Gene Sperling , China Trade , Obama Manufacturing , Business News Continue reading

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Happy 4/20! 16 Ways Marijuana Affects The Economy

In honor of 4/20, we had hoped to give you 420 reasons to celebrate. Then we randomly got lazy. Continue reading

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