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Long-Term Job Losses Demand Large-Scale Fix

By | 11.23.09 | 6:00 am

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While the national unemployment rate of 10.2 percent is a sobering reminder of the depth of this recession and the protracted timeline a recovery will take, the challenges posed by long-term unemployment are far greater.

“We are breaking every record post-Great Depression on long-term unemployment,” said Heidi Shierholz, an More…