Peterson Perspectives

Unemployment Decline Masks Deeper Problems

Howard F. Rosen says that while private sector jobs are up, more Americans have stopped looking for work, and government jobs have dropped dramatically.
Featuring Howard F. Rosen (PIIE)
August 5, 2011
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