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It's Still the Economy, Stupid
The day after his White House job summit , President Obama got unexpected good news today, a modest decline in the rate of unemployment. But it's still 10% and that means trouble for millions of Americans and for Democrats running for office this year. Can the government afford another stimulus package?
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThe day after his White House job summit, President Obama got unexpected good news today, a modest decline in the rate of unemployment. But it's still 10% and that means trouble for millions of Americans and for Democrats running for office this year. Can the government afford another stimulus package? Should it focus on those sectors of the economy that promise new jobs, or does future prosperity depend on another investment bubble and should the government just get out of the way?
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Frances Anderton
architecture critic and author
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Karen Radziner
Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?
Jared Bernstein
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Eric Janszen
Founder and President, iTulip
Nick Schulz
Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
The full episode
2 of 3It's Still the Economy, Stupid- 0:00Jobs Report Better than Expected
- 7:47It's Still the Economy, StupidYou’re reading this
- 45:08Going Where No Man Has Gone Before for Renewable Energy