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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; unemployment</title>
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		<title>Bring Back Welfare, Please</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/07/bring-back-welfare-please/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics there are 11.6 million unemployed persons in the United States today. Meanwhile, the current estimate of the total cost of the spending package passed to alleviate this distress is $827 billion.  President Obama &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/07/bring-back-welfare-please/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Day Without Pay Unpopular</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looks like the &#8220;Day Without a Gay&#8221; civil rights protest intended to send a message to the country about the importance of gay employees and consumers&#8230;had no effect whatsoever. Thus the congenitally counterproductive leadership of the gay rights movement can &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/11/day-without-pay-unpopular/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is The Evidence In On Minimum Wage?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/09/is-the-evidence-in-on-minimum-wage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the most recent unemployment numbers were released, the media bleated about the highest percentage increase in the jobless rate since 1986. For example, The New York Times lamented: The unemployment rate surged to 5.5 percent in May from 5 &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/09/is-the-evidence-in-on-minimum-wage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Mildest Recession?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/17/the-mildest-recession/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley expects a &#8220;mild and short&#8221; recession in 2008, with peak unemployment of 5.6% or 5.7% in early 2009. Mark Perry points out that would make it the mildest and shallowest recession since the second world war.]]></description>
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		<title>A Mid Cycle Slowdown</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/15/a-mid-cycle-slowdown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people argue that we are experiencing no more than a mid-cycle slowdown. Certainly that was a potential outcome I considered likely if a full blown recession didn&#8217;t occur. The recent job numbers on the surface can certainly provide a &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/15/a-mid-cycle-slowdown/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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