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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Some Workers Willing to Sacrifice to Avoid Layoffs

Updated: April 3 2009,
Author: barrel jason
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Business Cycles, Choice, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Employment and Unemployment, Incentive, Producers, Profit
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Paul Solman reports on some workers who have made sacrifices to avoid more layoffs in their workplace.

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