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09/02/2011

Can America's Jobless Fill American Jobs?

With the U.S. unemployment rate stuck around 9 percent, economics correspondent Paul Solman explores whether widespread joblessness is simply the result of a weak economy or if a broader shift toward higher-skill work is occurring that could leave many Americans behind even when the economy recovers.
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04/01/2011

Where a Market Bull, Economy Bear Is Putting His Money

River Twice President, Time Magazine columnist and all around good egg Zach Karabell swung by Breakout to elaborate on his unusual economic and equity take. Karabell told us he sees unemployment as a systemic and long-standing problem in a U.S. economy increasingly built around technological advance. When the Obama job stimulus program ends, Zach is looking for a resumption of a decline in the unemployment rate. Ironically, one of America's strongest sectors, industrial tech, is increasing efficiency AND exacerbating the employment problem.
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09/06/2011

Euro Woes

What Happens in Berlin...
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05/04/2011

China: The Next Global Empire?

China has made huge investments in African infrastructure, Australian mining operations and natural resources across the globe. It's building a real consumer class, diversifying away from the dollar and expanding its military might. With a hold on resources, its neighbors and potentially the world marketplace, is China destined to be the next global empire? The fear, of course, is that China's rise will lead to the fall of the U.S. as a world power. Are epic trade disputes and geopolitical conflicts on the horizon? Is it really a zero sum game in which the U.S. loses if China gains? Or will the potential for trouble be offset by economic interdependence and China's growing participation in various international institutions? Given its remarkable progress and its vast potential, can anything derail China's future?
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