Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Word on the airwaves

Kai Ryssdal spoke with New York Times columnist David Leonhardt on Marketplace today about the distribution of job losses in the current recession.

Despite the focus on investment bankers and other financial positions, the numbers show the highest job losses are in fields like construction and retail which require less education.

The report asks the question, "Who's hit the worst by the recession?" and answers that it is the less-educated, men, and Latinos.

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