Continuing our series on the nature of jobs, we look at the statistics about working. Layoffs clocked in a tad lower than expected last week, with 509,000 new jobless claims. Are things getting better already? Most people say no.
-- Economist Karl Case, of Wellesley, tells us it's almost impossible to know how many people are working in the United States — or how many wish they were.
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