Michael Reich

Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley

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Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley

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Two million people are out of work and the official unemployment rate is 12%. Republican Meg Whitman has issued a 48-page economic policy plan .

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Two million people are out of work and the official unemployment rate is 12%. Republican Meg Whitman has issued a 48-page economic policy plan .

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