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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Companies Seek Relief in Layoffs


“Furloughs, wage reductions, hiring freezes and shorter hours simply did not do enough. A year into this recession, companies across the board are resorting to mass job cuts.” (New York Times, Tuesday)

Payment for bad policy has come due.

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“Inflation and Unemployment” by Hans F. Sennholz


  • Sheldon Richman is the former editor of The Freeman and a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. He is the author of Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families and thousands of articles.