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Unemployment

You're Hired!

The Democrats are looking for a big idea? Here's one: a guaranteed job for anyone who wants one. It's not as crazy as it sounds.

Spring, No. 44 – 25 MIN READ

Quitters Prosper

One fix we can implement that could help wage growth: allow workers who quit their jobs to collect unemployment insurance.

January 11, 2016, 9:15 pm – 4 MIN READ

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Once upon a time in southwest Virginia, coal barons took the region’s wealth. Now, opioids sap its will.

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