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The Jobs Report, Minimum Wage and the Economy

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We discuss the latest monthly jobs report, President Obama’s recent speech about the economic inequality in America and the fast food workers striking nationwide to demand a higher minimum wage.

Guests:

Steven Greenhouse, labor and workplace correspondent for The New York Times and author of "The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker"

Michael Strain, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute specializing in labor economics and the U.S. economy

Sylvia Allegretto, labor economist at the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at UC Berkeley

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