Unemployment at 9.7%; Links on Jobs

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the jobs numbers for February this morning; find the Employment Situation Summary here.

I apologize for not keeping up with the blog for the last few days—we have been busy rushing the March/April issue of Dollars & Sense to the printers (late, but by less than usual for us!).

I have just posted an article from the new issue on military Keynesianism; and here is the editorial note for the issue, whose theme is Guns (i.e., military spending) vs. Butter (i.e., spending on jobs):

Atlantic MonthlyHow a New Jobless Era Will Transform America

recent working paper

New York Times article

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