Is a Lean Economy Turning Mean?

Nicole Flennaugh has a college degree, office experience and the modest expectation that, somewhere in this city on the eastern lip of San Francisco Bay, someone will want to hire her. -- But Ms. Flennaugh, 36, a widow, cannot secure steady, decent-paying work to support herself and her two daughters. Nearly two years after she was laid off as a customer service representative at the Educational Testing Service, and even after applying for dozens of ... Full Story »

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Beth Jones
4.6
by Beth Jones - Oct. 1, 2008

Starting locally and then expanding the story to include the national situation, offering lots of figures that are well presented. The story flows well, making its points with numerous examples and stats. Much appreciated given our usual, dumbed down, infotainment-poisoned national discourse.

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