120,000 Jobs Added in November, Unemployment Drops Below 9 Percent

The Takeaway

Since President Obama introduced the American Jobs Act in September of this year, he has spoken publicly about it more than 50 times.  The jobs report for November comes out this morning and the consensus call is that 125,000 new jobs were created this month.  Charlie Herman, economics editor for The Takeaway and WNYC, speaks about the latest jobs numbers as well as specific economic and educational  reforms that are trying – with mixed success – to remedy the situation.

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