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Labor Force Participation At Lowest Point In 3 Decades

by Yuki Noguchi, NPR
December 26, 2012

The improvement in the unemployment rate in the last year belies the fact that the rate would be so much higher if the number of people in the labor force didn't shrink.

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  • All Things Considered, December 26, 2012
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