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The real economic lesson China could teach us

Robert Reich, professor of public policy | January 20, 2011

Highlighting the summit between Chinese President Hu Jintao and President Obama is China’s agreement to buy $45 billion of American exports. The President says this will create more American jobs. That’s not exactly right. It will create more profits for American companies but relatively few new jobs. Nearly half of the deal is for two … Continue reading »