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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Weak job growth, unemployment drop signal ‘unwinding’ of labor participation

Updated: January 10 2014,
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The December jobs report showed a gain of just 74,000 jobs, while the drop in unemployment was due largely to people leaving the workforce. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reviews the numbers and Judy Woodruff talks to Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and Robert Shapiro of Sonecon.

AIR DATE: Jan. 10, 2014