John Martin

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Director for Employment, Labor and Social Affairs for the Organization for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD)

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US unemployment is back up to 9.1 percent and 45 percent of the jobless have been out of work for more than six months, 30 percent for more than a year.

Have People in Power Turned Their Back on Job Creation?

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