Ithaca College
Associate professor of Sociology at Ithaca College and visiting scholar at the Center on Aging and Work at Boston College
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Stephen Sweet
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FROM Stephen Sweet
To the Point
A Slower Recovery for Older Workers This week, two senators introduced a bipartisan plan to renew long term unemployment benefits for the more than 3 million Americans still looking for work. Congress allowed the benefit to expire last December. But even if the bill passes and insurance is reinstated, it provides only a temporary bit of relief.
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