America's future if high unemployment becomes normal Many economists warn that America's unemployment rate will stay stubbornly high in the coming years. The question then becomes what happens to workers if job creation doesn't happen.9:06 a.m.
Guests
Don Peck: Deputy managing editor of The Atlantic and author of the article "How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America."
Leo Tilman: President of L. M. Tilman and Company and author of "Financial Darwinism."
Maria Kefalas: Associate professor sociology at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, associate member of the MacArthur Foundation's Network on the Transitions to Adulthood project, and co-author with Patrick Carr of the book, "Hollowing Out the Middle."
Stories from a ragged edge Bonnie Jo Campbell populates her fiction with characters who lead uncomfortable lives, and she finds the humor and deeper meaning there, too.10:06 a.m.
Guests
Bonnie Jo Campbell: Author of the short story collection, "American Salvage."
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