GIVING UP

The unemployment rate is down, but that's because people have given up looking for work

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/01/chart-day-net-new-jobs-december

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/10/the-biggest-question-facing-the-u-s-economy-why-are-people-dropping-out-of-the-workforce/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein&clsrd

The economic outlook for 2014: good or bad?

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