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Deciphering the Imponderably Crummy Job Market

The president's offered a number of explanations for the 9ish-percent unemployment rate that's plagued nearly his entire tenure - his dastardly predecessor, natural disasters a world away, Arab uprisings, Congressional stalemate, and other "bad luck" that make it unfair to grade his performance on the same curve as other presidents, all of whom saw uninterrupted goepolitical smooth sailing and a Congress under bicameral control of the president's party for far longer than the mere two years Obama enjoyed.

But what if - stay with me - there's an explanation for this worst-of-any-modern-"recovery" job market that doesn't require the coincidence and conspiracy of several unrelated man-made and natural tormentors?

What if.

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Deciphering the Imponderably Crummy Job Market

The president's offered a number of explanations for the 9ish-percent unemployment rate that's plagued nearly his entire tenure - his dastardly predecessor, natural disasters a world away, Arab uprisings, Congressional stalemate, and other "bad luck" that make it unfair to grade his performance on the same curve as other presidents, all of whom saw uninterrupted goepolitical smooth sailing and a Congress under bicameral control of the president's party for far longer than the mere two years Obama enjoyed.

But what if - stay with me - there's an explanation for this worst-of-any-modern-"recovery" job market that doesn't require the coincidence and conspiracy of several unrelated man-made and natural tormentors?

What if.