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“The private sector is doing fine. Where we are seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with state and local government . . .”

Let’s put President Obama’s notorious observation in some historical context. The table below shows the level of employment in the total economy, the private sector, and the government sector, all indexed to 2007 = 100.  Between 2007 and 2010 private … Continue reading

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