Robert Lerman

Professor of Economics, American University

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Professor of Economics at American University and senior fellow at the Urban Institute

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In America's "jobless" economic recovery, unemployment is setting records. The Obama Administration has adopted a long-term approach to  creating new jobs .

'Job One' for the President: Creating Jobs

In America's "jobless" economic recovery, unemployment is setting records. The Obama Administration has adopted a long-term approach to  creating new jobs .

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