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Splines on July 18, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: 9.2% Unemployment? Blame Microsoft.

There's a great podcast about this exact topic by Planet Money: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/04/05/135151990/the-tues...

georgieporgie on July 18, 2011 [–]

One of the best Planet Money episodes I've heard. Summary (from memory): the one and only way government can create jobs is to invest in infrastructure. Everything else is hot air.

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