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Pop Quiz: Under Reagan, What Was Peak Unemployment, How Long Before It Began Declining?

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tobacco Industry, Stimulus, Ronald Reagan, John Boehner, Barack Obama, Unemployment Rates, Tax Cuts, Politics News
Paul Abrams

As good students of history, you recognize that Reagan did not inherit the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. And tax rates today are already 14% lower than Reagan's 1981 tax cut.

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Most Hires Have Always Been Transitory

Samuel H. Williamson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment Rates, Unemployment Numbers, Job Numbers, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Business News
Samuel H. Williamson

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Kyl Blocks Vote on Unemployment Benefits, Says Republicans Need Ideas

Dawn Teo | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unemployment Rates, Senator-Jon-Kyl, Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment, Senator Jon Kyl, Politics News
Dawn Teo

Arizona Democratic Party spokesperson Jennifer Johnson said Thursday, "It's disappointing but not surprising that Kyl single-handedly blocked this vote.

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Debt for a Diploma

Jose A. Garcia | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Young Voters, Young Americans Unemployment Rate, Unemployment Rates, Jobless Rate, Unemployement, Economy, Business News
Jose A. Garcia

To say debt is the result of poor choices and frivolous spending fails to capture the reality of the economic state of young people today.

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Unemployment For Young Americans Jumps To 52.2 Percent

New York Post | RICHARD WILNER | Posted 09.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment Rates, Jobs, Young Americans Unemployment Rate, Jobless Rate, Economy, Business News

The unemployment rate for young Americans has exploded to 52.2 percent -- a post-World War II high, according to the Labor Dept. -- meaning millions o...

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After Layoffs, Incomes Can Take Years To Recover

nytimes.com | MICHAEL LUO | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment Rates, Layoffs, Median-Income, Jobless Rates, Income Levels, Incomes After Layoffs, Business News

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla.- Chuck Dettman said he had not really considered the notion back in 2001 that he and his friends in a job-search support group wou...

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Arthur Delaney

Unemployment In June: The Worst-Hit Cities (MAP)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 08.29.2009 | Business

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Unemployment rates climbed in all U.S. metropolitan areas from last June to this June, the government announced on Wednesday. Some of the jumps were d...

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The 'Man'cession As Male Jobless Supasses Female, Surges To 10%

CARPE DIEM: | Mark J. Perry | Posted 06.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment Rates, Jobless Rate, Female Unemployment, Jobs, Male Unemployment, Recession, Business News

According to today's BLS report (Table A-1, Household Data), the April unemployment rate for men was 10% vs. 7.6% for women, and the 2.4% male-female ...

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Unemployment Rate Climbs In 46 States, With California At 11.2 Percent

Wall Street Journal | STU WOO and SUDEEP REDDY | Posted 05.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment Rates, Jobless Rate, Unemployment, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, 46 States Higher Unemployment, Recession, Unemployment Rate, Business News

California and North Carolina in March posted their highest jobless rates in at least three decades, as unemployment increased in all but a handful of...

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Unemployed: Mass Layoffs

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 03.02.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Unemployment Rates, Job Losses, Unemployed, Job Loss, Unemployment, Newly Unemployed, Comedy News
Jeff Kreisler

72,000 people lost their job this week. What does a voice of the unemployed have to say about it?

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Bush's Last Month Sees Unemployment Hit 22%, According to Wingnuttia's Math

David Sirota | Posted 02.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Unemployment, Unemployment Rates, Wingnuttia, New Deal, Fdr New Deal, Politics News
David Sirota

Based on conservatives' arguments, unemployment rates right now are in the neighborhood of unemployment levels not seen since the height of the Great Depression.

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Private sector sheds 250,000 jobs in November

Yahoo! News | 30 Mins Ago | Posted 01.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment Rates, Jobs Report, Recession, Business News

Private employers cut 250,000 jobs in November, the most in seven years, a report by a private employment service said on Wednesday. ADP Employer S...

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Michigan Has U.S.'s Highest Umemployment Rate

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Michigan again recorded the highest unemployment rate in January, followed by Alaska, with most states recording little change in the measure, the Lab...

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Dangerous Cracks Appearing in Job Market

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Job Losses, Labor Force, Unemployment, Jobs, Labor Department, Recession Fears, Recession, Unemployment Rates, Business News

WASHINGTON — Dangerous cracks in the nation's job market are deepening. Employers slashed jobs by the largest amount in five years and hundreds ...

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Jobless Rate Hits Two-Year High

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Hiring practically stalled in December, driving the nation's unemployment rate up to a two-year high of 5 percent and fanning fears of a recession. E...

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