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American dream turns elusive in US white heartland
By Agencies Featured stories and job trends
US economy
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President Barack Obama
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US Unemployment
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US Jobless
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US Poverty
Indicating deteriorating economic security and an elusive American dream, four out of five US adults – many of them white – struggle with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, largely due to an increasingly globalised US economy, the widening gap between rich and poor, and the loss of good-paying manufacturing jobs
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Is ‘Obamacare’ unhealthy for full-time jobs?
By Agencies Featured stories and job trends
US economy
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Ben Bernanke
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US Jobs
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Federal Open Market Committee
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FOMC
Part-time employment in the US has been outpacing full-time job growth since 2008. Economists cite still-tough economic conditions as the root cause, but some say President Barack Obama’s 2010 health-care law has exacerbated the trend
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