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Unemployment Rate Confusion Explained in 2 Minutes

Originally published October 16, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated August 17, 2015. Leave a Comment

Unemployment Rate Confusion Explained in 2 Minutes

I think about 120 seconds is all it is likely to take to understand what’s going on with the unemployment rate. Let’s say 30 seconds seconds per image and any accompanying text: Let’s start with something that confirms skepticism expressed about the unemployment number reported on October 5, 2012, which was 7.8%, and provides necessary […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Civil Society, Featured, Federal, Federal Reserve, Government Spending, Welfare Tagged With: 2012 election, 7.8% unemployment, actual unemployment rate, barack obama, bls, bureau of labor statistics, david autor, disability benefits, duration of unemployment historically, economics, econtalk, employed as percentage of population, employment as percentage of unemployment rate, federal reserve research, government statistics, government welfare programs, health of the economy, how long people are unemployed, how many people are actually unemployed, long term unemployed, marginally attached workers, mitt romney, obama administration, old age and survivors insurance, part time employment, presidential election, real unemployment, russ roberts, social security act of 1965, social security disability, social security disability insurance program, ssdi, surge in disability applications, u-6 unemployment rate, underemployed, unemployment percentages, unemployment rate, unemployment statistics

Warren Buffett: Crazy – Like a Fox

Originally published August 25, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated October 13, 2012. 6 Comments

Warren Buffett: Crazy – Like a Fox

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GiN Toast To Federal Judge: Proper Jurisprudence In Stem Cell Case

Originally published August 24, 2010, By Shellinda. Updated August 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Note: This piece was a joint effort by Shelli and Linda. Since joint work is happening with some frequency, we have created a “new author” on the GiN site. When you see work from “Shellinda”, that is a joint post. We propose a toast to Federal Judge Royce C. Lamberth for carrying out his duties […]

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