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A big (and updated) version of the biggest, most important chart in American politics

James Pethokoukis | September 8, 2012, 12:20 pm

Here is an embiggened version of the infamous jobs chart prepared by Obama administration economists Jared Bernstein and Christina Romer back in January 2009 (and now updated again by me with data from the August jobs report). You know, the … read more >

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Addition in red via AEI

Economics, Pethokoukis

Missing: 13 million private-sector jobs from this recovery

James Pethokoukis | September 8, 2012, 10:48 am

Michael Darda of MKM Partners: The U.S. has gained back just over half the private sector job losses from the Great Recession. … Unfortunately, there is still a long way to go if we look at broad-based measures of the labor … read more >

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Chart: How slow has the jobs recovery been? Really, really slow

James Pethokoukis | September 8, 2012, 10:22 am

Again, Bill Clinton at the Democratic National Convention: In the last 29 months, our economy has produced about 4.5 million private-sector jobs. Well, is that a lot or a little? How does that compare to previous recoveries? Well, the Republicans … read more >

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