Marc Levinson

economist, historian and journalist

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Economist, historian and journalist; author of The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America

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While the President and Mitt Romney are in dispute over whose programs will do the most to help "small business" create new jobs, they agree that it's crucial to creating jobs.

Small Business and Job Creation

While the President and Mitt Romney are in dispute over whose programs will do the most to help "small business" create new jobs, they agree that it's crucial to creating jobs.

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