“Green Shoots” Look Like Mold to American Workers
What happened to the great American economic recovery? While other economic indicators, from manufacturing orders to purchases of durable goods, continue to show slow improvements, the unemployment rate jumped to 9.5% and workers’ wages dropped. While the stock market rallies and economists grow slightly more optimistic, what is the suffering American worker supposed to think?
Guests:
David Leonhardt, business columnist at the New York Times; author of the “Economix” blog on NYTimes.com
- Patt Morrison for Thursday, July 2, 2009
- “Green Shoots” Look Like Mold to American Workers
- Dismal June Jobless Numbers - Do You Still Have Your Job?
- The Most E-mailed Segment on Patt Morrison!
- The Short Memories of Residents of Mannywood
- NASA’s JPL is So Over Earthquakes.
- Despite Missile Threat Hawaiians Remain Lei’d Back.
Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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