Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Employment and Unemployment
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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: New job growth doesn’t indicate a strong labor market
Updated: September 5 2014,
Author: barrel fan
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Though economists predicted a month of strong hiring, only 142,000 positions were added to the market in August. Paul Solman explains why the growth disappointed many.
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