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Daniel Alpert and Robert Hockett: U.S. Jobs Market Isn't as Healthy As It Seems


Americans are working fewer hours, on average, and at lower-paying jobs. A hallmark of the U.S. economy’s record expansion has been steady growth in employment. Judging from the jobless rate, in fact, the labor market is the best it’s been in half a century. But what is missing in the focus on the numbers is a severe and troubling deterioration

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Posted: December 19, 2019 Thursday 07:00 AM