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China: Hundreds of Parents Protest Post-Pandemic Fall of Tutoring Company in Beijing

A few hundred protesters gathered in Beijing on Monday, most of them parents demanding refunds after a private tutoring company called Youwin Education went out of business. The demonstration was unusual in the tightly-controlled capital of Communist China, especially since it came on the very day that Chinese officials claimed the national economy came roaring back from the coronavirus in the third quarter with nearly five percent growth.

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American Economy Still Down by 5.9 Million Jobs Since 2008

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) just published the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary (JOLTS) report for February. The job openings percent for the workforce hit a 14 year high of 5.1 million, while the layoffs and discharges percentage stayed at a historic low. But despite the job availability rate more than doubling since 2009, the hiring rate only grew by 30 percent in the same period. Adjusted for population growth, the American economy is still down by 5.9 million jobs.

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Obama’s ‘Recovery’ Freezes Up Again

For the last few months, we’ve heard loud trumpeting about “strong” job reports and signs of economic growth, which the President and his defenders were naturally eager to claim credit for. Not in March.

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