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Friday, September 4, 2009

Unemployment Rises, VP Declares “Stimulus” a Success


“The unemployment rate rose to 9.7 percent in August, the highest since June 1983, as employers eliminated a net total of 216,000 jobs.” (Washington Post, Friday)

But the government workforce is growing.

FEE Timely Classic
“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.