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Long term unemployment

Broadcast: Midmorning, 08/26/2009, 9:06 a.m.

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More people say they've been without a job for longer than a year. The deep recession may have ended back in June, but high unemployment, close to 10 percent may persist through much of 2010.

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  • Lawrence Mishel: President of the Economic Policy Institute.
  • John Challenger: CEO of Challenger, Gray & Christmas, an outplacement firm.

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