{"id":28280,"date":"2012-06-14T15:26:28","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T21:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/14\/was-this-the-worst-jobs-recovery-in-modern-times.html"},"modified":"2012-06-14T15:26:28","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T21:26:28","slug":"was-this-the-worst-jobs-recovery-in-modern-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/14\/was-this-the-worst-jobs-recovery-in-modern-times.html","title":{"rendered":"Was this the worst jobs\u00a0recovery in modern times?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nope, when you take into account private sector jobs vs. public sector jobs &#8212; and keep in mind who&#39;s been choking off public sector jobs.<\/p>\n<p>That said, for below the tag line for this article, Derek Thompson wins the Internet for today.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.theatlantic.com%2Fstatic%2Fmt%2Fassets%2Fbusiness%2F330%2520romney%2520lights%2520flag.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/business\/archive\/2012\/06\/was-obamas-recovery-the-worst-in-modern-times-or-the-best-in-20-years\/258503\/'>Was Obama&#39;s Recovery the Worst in Modern Times, or the Best in 20 Years?<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFollowing political campaigns to learn about economics is like following a magician to learn about physics.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/bbVCNhzEx11' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nope, when you take into account private sector jobs vs. public sector jobs &#8212; and keep in mind who&#39;s been choking off public sector jobs. That said, for below the tag line for this article, Derek Thompson wins the Internet for today. Embedded Link Was Obama&#39;s Recovery the Worst in Modern Times, or the Best &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/14\/was-this-the-worst-jobs-recovery-in-modern-times.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Was this the worst jobs\u00a0recovery in modern times?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25154,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/06\/jobs.html","url_meta":{"origin":28280,"position":0},"title":"Jobs!","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 6-Jan-12 11:11am","format":false,"excerpt":"That's actually very good news. It would be even better overall employment news if we hadn't gutted public sector jobs at the same time ... #ddtb Embedded Link Private Sector In 2011 Added Most Jobs Since 2005 Today\u2019s jobs report shows that the economy ended the year on a relative\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30084,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/05\/net-job-growth-and-politicking.html","url_meta":{"origin":28280,"position":1},"title":"Net job growth and politicking","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 5-Sep-12 8:28am","format":false,"excerpt":"This talking point by the GOP won't hunt. Not that I expect them to stop recitg it like a mantra. Bottom lines:1. Yes, comparing non-farm payrolls between January 2009 and present\u00a0shows the former number is still slightly higher.2. 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