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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Can America’s Jobless Fill American Jobs?
Updated: September 2 2011,
Author: barrel fan
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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.