Media Say We're In A Jobs Boom — We're Not

Economy: We keep reading in the media that the job market is on fire, that we're near full employment. But it's a sad truth that the monthly jobs report doesn't really reflect what's going on in our hobbled economy. As everyone knows by now, the jobs data for November show a decline from 4.9% to a 4.6% unemployment rate, as businesses created 178,000 new payroll jobs. What could be bette -- More...