A Lost Decade for Jobs

[Jkid]

Private sector job growth was almost non-existent over the past ten years. Take a look at this horrifying chart:

Source: http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/economicsunbound/archives/2009/06/a_lost_decade_f.html

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[patrice]

1. After hitting a career high in 2000, I have spent 5 of the last 9 years un-employed.

My IRAs are approaching half of what they used to be.