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Scott Jagow Sep 4, 2009

10% unemployment isn’t far away now, although the number of job losses last month was lower than expected. Plus, here we go with the anniversary look-backs on Lehman Brothers:

What 9.7% unemployment looks like (Planet Money)

Lehman Bros failure might have saved us (Washington Post)

But it was just a communications breakdown (Daily Telegraph)

We need a party of fiscal responsibility (Forbes)

The President will need to raise taxes broadly (New York Times)

A Medical Mystery: Why health care is so expensive (NPR)

Disney has much to gain by buying Marvel (PBS NewsHour)

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