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    Jobless Claims Match Lowest Figure in 43 Years

    This year's election may or may not turn on the state of economy, but polls almost always show it's the voters' number one issue. Today there was unexpected news that the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped last week to the lowest point since 1973.

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    By Warren Olney • Apr 14, 2016 • 6m Listen

    This year's election may or may not turn on the state of economy, but polls almost always show it's the voters' number one issue. Today there was unexpected news that the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped last week to the lowest point since 1973. Jared Bernstein is senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. He's a former advisor to Vice President Biden.

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    It's Not Democracy, It's the Rules
    1. 1:48Jobless Claims Match Lowest Figure in 43 YearsYou’re reading this
    2. 8:45It's Not Democracy, It's the Rules
    3. 41:32The NPR Story behind HBO's 'Confirmation'
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Jenny Hamel

      KCRW

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      Jared Bernstein

      Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    It's Not Democracy, It's the Rules
    1. 1:48Jobless Claims Match Lowest Figure in 43 YearsYou’re reading this
    2. 8:45It's Not Democracy, It's the Rules
    3. 41:32The NPR Story behind HBO's 'Confirmation'
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