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Katrina vanden Heuvel: Turn to ‘Austerity-Light’ Would Consign This Country to a New Normal of Joblessness

Vanden Heuvel also talks about the GOP’s “post-truth” politics and the Denver debate on C-Span's Washington Journal.

Press Room

October 5, 2012

The new jobs report shows a drop in the unemployment rate from 8.1 percent to 7.8 percent, a positive sign for a country struggling with joblessness. Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel joined C-SPAN’s Susan Swain to talk about how joblessness, not the deficit, is the “greatest crisis of our time.” Vanden Heuvel also takes questions from callers concerning the GOP’s “post-truth” politics and the first presidential debate in Denver.

—Steven Hsieh

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