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		<title>Washington Pre-Occupied</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/08/washington-pre-occupied/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[#Occupywallstreet]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=11966</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The biggest question in America these days is how to revive the economy. The biggest question among activists now occupying Wall Street and dozens of other cities is how to strike back against the nation&#8217;s almost unprecedented concentration of income, wealth, and political power in the top 1 percent. The two questions are related. With [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Get Washington&#8217;s Attention</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/06/04/how-to-get-washingtons-attention-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/06/04/how-to-get-washingtons-attention-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 12:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>May</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From Robert Reich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic crisis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Reich Chancellor&#8217;s Professor of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley; Author, &#8216;Aftershock&#8217; Finally, it seems, the economic burdens of America&#8217;s vast middle class may be catching up with the Street. The Dow lost 2.22 percent Wednesday; the Standard &#38; Poor&#8217;s 500-stock index was down 2.28 percent. Both marked their worst declines since August [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Truth about the American Economy</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/06/02/the-truth-about-the-american-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/06/02/the-truth-about-the-american-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From Robert Reich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Reich]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Robert Reich Former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Professor at Berkeley The U.S. economy continues to stagnate. It&#8217;s growing at the rate of 1.8 percent, which is barely growing at all. Consumer spending is down. Home prices are down. Jobs and wages are going nowhere. It&#8217;s vital that we understand the truth about the American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Graduating Seniors Are About to Leap Out Into the Great Recession’s Job Abyss</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/05/28/graduating-seniors-are-about-to-leap-out-into-the-great-recession%e2%80%99s-job-abyss/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/05/28/graduating-seniors-are-about-to-leap-out-into-the-great-recession%e2%80%99s-job-abyss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 12:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Montana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From AFL-CIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campusprogress.org]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college graduates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liz Shuler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=8888</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Graduating high school and college seniors are now looking into the worrisome face of the Great Recession.

They’ve been overlooked by the fragile economic recovery others are experiencing. The unemployment rate for 16- to 24-year-olds averaged 18.4 percent in 2010, a new report by the Economic Policy Institute finds, compared with 9.6 percent overall. Young college grads are more than twice as likely as older grads to be jobless. It’s tough for them, but clearly college still matters: Almost a quarter of high school grads who aren’t in college—22.5 percent—are jobless. It’s even worse if you’re black or Latino.

Young people born since about 1980 make up the largest, most diverse generation in America. They’re not just competing with one another for scarce jobs. They’re competing with older, more experienced workers whose jobs have disappeared.  But they’re creative—I speak with young people around the country and I’m regularly amazed. Many have been weathering the worst economy since the Great Depression with nontraditional jobs—short-term, no-benefit work rather than steady employment; and “service-oriented” internships and posts that pay stipends rather than salaries.

Economists warn, though, that this rough start into adulthood may leave lasting scars, including diminished earnings over a lifetime of work. Even the transition to adulthood is harder today—an AFL-CIO/Working America survey last year found one in three people between 18 and 35 years old still lived at home with parents because they couldn’t afford to make it on their own.]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to the Informal Economy</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/05/23/welcome-to-the-informal-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/05/23/welcome-to-the-informal-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 16:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From Center for Working-Class Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[class and economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home health care]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[jobs outlook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Russo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rathke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Working Class and the Economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By John Russo Co-Director, Center for Working-Class Studies at Youngstown State University It’s graduation season, and while commencement speakers encourage graduates to work hard and pursue their dreams, most new grads are worried about finding a decent job.  All their professors can suggest that students use internships to gain valuable work experience and be prepared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington Should Pay Attention to the Economy Here and Now</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/05/06/washington-should-pay-attention-to-the-economy-here-and-now/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/05/06/washington-should-pay-attention-to-the-economy-here-and-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From Robert Reich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic recovery]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[joblessness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[middle class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Reich]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Robert Reich Former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Professor at Berkeley After a week of non-stop Osama Bin Laden, Washington is now returning to the battle over the budget deficit and the debt ceiling. All over Capitol Hill Republicans and Democrats are debating spending caps and automatic triggers, and whether to begin them before or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Oil Company Gusher</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/05/02/the-oil-company-gusher/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 16:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From Robert Reich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate tax breaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drilling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Robert Reich Former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Professor at Berkeley Exxon-Mobil’s first quarter earnings of $10.7 billion are up 69 percent from last year. That’s the most profit the company has earned since the third quarter of 2008 — perhaps not coincidentally, around the time when gas prices last reached the lofty $4 a gallon. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extortion Politics: Why Won&#8217;t American Business Stop the GOP from Threatening to Blow Up the Economy?</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/05/01/extortion-politics-why-wont-american-business-stop-the-gop-from-threatening-to-blow-up-the-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/05/01/extortion-politics-why-wont-american-business-stop-the-gop-from-threatening-to-blow-up-the-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 16:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From Robert Reich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Roundtable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt ceiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt Limit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Robert Reich Former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Professor at Berkeley As the government approaches its borrowing limit of $14.3 trillion, Republicans are seeking political advantage over what conditions should be attached to raising that limit. This is a scandal &#8212; or should be. Raising the debt limit shouldn&#8217;t be subject to party politics. Economic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Economic Truth Nobody Will Admit: We&#8217;re Heading Back Toward a Double-Dip</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/03/31/the-economic-truth-nobody-will-admit-were-heading-back-toward-a-double-dip/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/03/31/the-economic-truth-nobody-will-admit-were-heading-back-toward-a-double-dip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From Robert Reich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[double dip recession]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Robert Reich Former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Professor at Berkeley Why aren&#8217;t Americans being told the truth about the economy? We&#8217;re heading in the direction of a double dip &#8212; but you&#8217;d never know it if you listened to the upbeat messages coming out of Wall Street and Washington. Consumers are 70 percent of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re Number Two: Why America Is Losing its Lead in Manufacturing</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/03/20/were-number-two-why-america-is-losing-its-lead-in-manufacturing/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/03/20/were-number-two-why-america-is-losing-its-lead-in-manufacturing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 16:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From Alliance for American Manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alliance for American Manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[china]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Scott Paul Executive Director of Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) When IHS Global Insight revealed this week that China has passed the United States to lead the world in manufacturing output, the response from some in government and manufacturing was to quibble with the data. The correct response is to develop a national manufacturing [...]]]></description>
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