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In the past it has foretold wider weakness. This time may be different
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Bosses, investors, policymakers—all are fearful of a jobs-pocalypse

Those holding American assets will have to get used to it

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

Unemployment rates in rich countries are becoming topsy-turvy

Particularly by the state