The WSJ Wants to Blame Obamacare for Weak Hiring, but It's Not Quite Sure Why

The Wall Street Journal reported on the weak January jobs number. It's sure that Obamacare is somehow responsible, it just can't quite get a clear story together.


The article begins:


"A hiring chill hit the U.S. labor market for the second straight month in January, reflecting employers' reluctance to take on new workers despite some of the nation's strongest economic growth in years."


So the story is that the economy is growing rapidly, but firms for some reasons are not hiring workers. We g...

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Published on February 08, 2014 03:01
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