Job Growth Lacking in the Private Sector

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Sat, 08/08/2009 - 09:49

FOR the first time since the Depression, the American economy has added virtually no jobs in the private sector over a 10-year period.

The total number of jobs has grown a bit, but that is only because of government hiring.


 

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