More people were looking for jobs in October than the previous month, but that’s because those who’d given up on finding a job are back in the game.
Mike Konczal
Mike Konczal is a fellow with the Roosevelt Institute, where he works on financial reform, unemployment, inequality, and a progressive vision of the economy. His blog, Rortybomb, was named one of the 25 Best Financial Blogs by Time magazine. His writing has appeared in the Boston Review, the Washington Monthly, The Nation, Slate, and Dissent. He's appeared on PBS NewsHour, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show, CNN, Marketplace, and more.Follow @rortybomb
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Bernanke Gives a Press Conference
The big takeaway from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke’s historic press conference was that the focus, both of questions asked and Bernanke’s own remarks, addressed a situation that would be the exact opposite of the one we’re in now. What is our current situation? We have seven million people out of work since the crisis […]
