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Working Thoughts is a blog by Ben Leeson about the job market and work related aspects. Topics this blog touches on include government reports, compensation, training, benefits, recruiting, technology, and more.
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Lists for Successful Business Growth
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Open-Book Management, Motivation, and Progress
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Awards, when they are genuine and sincere, they are highly motivating
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Positive Sentiments: Is Hiring Poised to Make a Run?
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
February 2010 Jobs Report and Wages
Saturday, March 06, 2010
In a Service Economy, Make the Experience Good, but the Memory Even Better
Friday, March 05, 2010
Business, Federal Government, and Exports Carries GDP to 5.9% Growth
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Unemployment Is Not Distributed Evening Across Income Levels - No One Thought It Was
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
"EL GRANDE BIGOTE" Victory
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Take a Moment and Ask "What Story Would I Tell about Myself?"
Sunday, February 14, 2010
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Using a Multiple as a Compensation Distribution Model
10/28/2009
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Using a Multiple as a Compensation Distribution Model
10/27/2009
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Motivation, Dan Pink, and TED
9/25/2009
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Ten Years and Basically No Private Sector Job Creation
8/10/2009
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Ten Years and Basically No Private Sector Job Creation
8/10/2009
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Is the Middle Class Gone?
7/10/2009
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Is the Middle Class Gone?
7/10/2009
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The Impact of a Good Story is Greater than the Effort to Tell It
7/10/2009
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Working Thoughts: Category Archive for Gov
February 2010 Jobs Report and Wages
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3/6/2010 12:38 AM
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Business, Federal Government, and Exports Carries GDP to 5.9% Growth
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2/27/2010 12:18 AM
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Unemployment Is Not Distributed Evening Across Income Levels - No One Thought It Was
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2/23/2010 11:11 PM
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Job Report Statistics
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January 2010 Jobs Report and Wages
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2/5/2010 11:50 PM
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Tactics for Winning at Political Science
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1/26/2010 12:47 AM
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Job Creation in the 2000s?
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1/12/2010 12:57 AM
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December 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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1/9/2010 12:42 AM
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An Economic Winter Solstice
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12/21/2009 11:41 PM
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Data and Creative Story Telling
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12/16/2009 12:41 AM
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A Jobs Report Prediction - One Year Later
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12/9/2009 11:05 PM
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We need a new Medici Effect, A New Renaissance.
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12/6/2009 11:47 PM
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November 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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12/4/2009 11:10 PM
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A Growing Knowledge Base - Robotics
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11/17/2009 12:17 AM
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The Near Future: Big Raises Coming for Those with Certain Skills
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11/13/2009 12:58 AM
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Unemployment Graphs and Charts - October 2009
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11/10/2009 11:08 PM
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October 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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11/8/2009 12:07 PM
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Productivity Report is Strong ahead of October '09 Jobs Report
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11/6/2009 12:11 AM
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Using a Multiple as a Compensation Distribution Model
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10/23/2009 11:25 PM
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Education, Games, and Peer Learning
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10/19/2009 7:31 PM
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President Obama, Leverage, and Energy Decisions
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10/14/2009 6:48 PM
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September 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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10/2/2009 9:42 PM
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A Sea Change Economy
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10/1/2009 10:34 PM
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Working Thoughts: Odds and Ends
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9/19/2009 1:35 PM
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Preparing for a year like 2015
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9/16/2009 10:48 PM
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The Vanishing of Okun's Law and the Usefulness of the Education System
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9/11/2009 9:09 PM
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August 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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9/10/2009 8:11 PM
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Job Losses and the Self Employed
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8/17/2009 10:33 PM
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Productivity is Strong. Sleep Might Not be Needed.
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8/14/2009 11:20 PM
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Ten Years and Basically No Private Sector Job Creation
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8/10/2009 12:09 AM
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July 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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8/7/2009 9:23 PM
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The Value Twist
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8/4/2009 12:02 AM
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Donating IP to a Charity or Nonprofit
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7/29/2009 11:02 PM
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Forest Fire Analogy
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7/13/2009 11:28 PM
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June 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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7/2/2009 9:21 PM
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The U-6 Report is Still Rising
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6/9/2009 11:20 PM
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May 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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6/5/2009 9:31 AM
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Business Leaders Need to Realize a Generational Shift has Occured
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5/21/2009 10:58 PM
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Portfolio Closes Up Shop and Credit Suisse Gets it Right
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5/14/2009 11:28 PM
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Donate Your Birthday with DonorsChoose.com
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5/13/2009 10:39 PM
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April 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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5/8/2009 9:10 AM
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The Next Three Job Reports will be Telling
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5/7/2009 11:43 PM
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Shai Agassi Explains the Bold Plan - A Car and a Battery
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5/4/2009 11:16 PM
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Wealth Distribution Study and Excerpts
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4/28/2009 11:01 PM
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Wealth Distribution Charts and Graphs (1991-2008)
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4/24/2009 12:13 AM
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Top Minds Moving to Different Fields
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4/15/2009 7:42 PM
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Juan Enriquez has Some BIG Ideas
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4/7/2009 11:42 PM
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March 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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4/3/2009 10:40 PM
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Performance at GM, Performance in Baseball
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3/30/2009 9:19 PM
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A "Bonus" entry for Working Thoughts
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3/25/2009 10:38 PM
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A Viable Electric Car Business Model?
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3/20/2009 10:54 PM
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Boredom, Consumerism, and Taking Direction or Leaders, Adventurers, and Story Tellers
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3/16/2009 11:09 PM
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Is the Middle Class Gone?
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3/10/2009 11:13 PM
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February 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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3/6/2009 10:42 PM
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Spending More Time in School Isn't the Answer
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3/2/2009 12:45 AM
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Young Professionals have Creativity, They Need a Vision to Apply it to
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2/28/2009 10:52 AM
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The Economy is on the Mend
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2/25/2009 11:02 PM
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It is Time for Re-Employment Insurance
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2/21/2009 10:33 PM
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Education is Getting an Overdue National Review
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2/16/2009 6:01 PM
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Has Bad Behavior Irreparably Damaged the Title CEO?: Fortunately “Good” CEOs Are Still Out There
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2/11/2009 11:46 PM
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Sustaining Large Economic Growth is Key for the US
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2/10/2009 6:15 PM
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Pay, Wall St, and Legislation
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2/5/2009 6:17 PM
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No Support System - That is the Sacrifice for Risk Takers
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1/29/2009 10:57 PM
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Weekend Read - 6 Errors add to an Economic Crisis
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1/25/2009 12:53 AM
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President Obama Paraphernalia
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1/20/2009 11:57 PM
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President Obama and My Four Components to the Future
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1/19/2009 12:43 AM
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President Obama is Making 30 Year Decisions
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1/12/2009 1:14 AM
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December 2008 Jobs Report and Wages
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1/10/2009 12:46 AM
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Job and Pay Site List
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12/29/2008 11:49 AM
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Three Leader's Strategies in a Down Economy
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12/11/2008 1:06 AM
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US Employment and Prediction
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12/9/2008 6:15 PM
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November 2008 Jobs Report and Wages
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12/6/2008 11:51 AM
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Recession, Recession, Recession
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12/1/2008 10:09 PM
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There are Jobs for Low Level Employees?
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11/29/2008 11:39 PM
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What States are Preparing for the Next Economy?
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11/21/2008 6:19 PM
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Four Reflective Commentaries on Leadership - Part 2
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11/19/2008 10:32 PM
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Four Reflective Commentaries on Leadership - Part 1
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11/17/2008 1:02 AM
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Thank You Veterans
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11/11/2008 10:48 PM
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October 2008 Job Report Analysis and a Look Ahead
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11/9/2008 12:19 AM
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October 2008 Jobs Report and Wages
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11/7/2008 11:35 PM
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Characteristics of a free thinking capitalistic society
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10/29/2008 6:22 PM
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Bailouts only disarm those that benefit from it
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10/27/2008 6:30 PM
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Paul Krugman on Charlie Rose
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10/26/2008 10:55 AM
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The Next Stimulus Package Must be a Job Creator
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10/21/2008 3:45 AM
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1993 and 2008 - Same Symptoms, Different Diseases
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10/9/2008 11:09 PM
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AIG - Performance - Luck - Happenstance - Coincidence
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10/8/2008 11:16 PM
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September 2008 Jobs Report and Wages
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10/4/2008 5:48 PM
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There are two Americas: One is dying and one is ignored
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9/23/2008 11:07 PM
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Too Many CEOs Think They are One of the Very Few
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9/18/2008 6:01 PM
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Laid Off? Think Small
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9/16/2008 10:07 PM
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What is promised to Wall St and what is promised to the CEO are not the same
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9/9/2008 4:55 AM
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August 2008 Jobs Report and Wages
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9/8/2008 4:30 PM
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Will Heating Bills Kill the US Economic Rally?
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9/2/2008 10:04 AM
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GDP Update for Q2 2008
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9/2/2008 9:40 AM
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Eventually Globalization Comes Back to the US
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8/27/2008 11:29 PM
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S.3335 - What's the Deal?
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8/26/2008 1:23 PM
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Is the Federal Reserve Taking a Risk?
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8/18/2008 11:13 PM
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Another Writer Sounding the Heating Oil Alarm
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8/16/2008 10:07 PM
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Update on Heating Oil and China Growth
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8/6/2008 4:43 AM
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The Fuel Cost Balance
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8/4/2008 9:44 PM
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