A Sun Special – Columns by Arthur Brooks
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Recession’s Gift
April 9, 2008
You have to be living in a cave to miss the news that America’s economy is increasingly rocky. Crises in housing, credit, and financial markets are now threatening to increase unemployment. Indeed, the Labor Department reported last week that jobless claims are now at their highest point since September 2005.
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