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PBS NewsHour | How the U.S. Economy, Americans Fared in 2011 | PBS

Duration: 15:37
Program: PBS NewsHour #10230
Broadcast Date: Dec. 29, 2011

From the jobless rate to a discouraging housing market and an aggravated lot of indebted college graduates, the year's defining economic stories kept a downbeat theme. Ray Suarez discusses 2011's economic impact with The Atlantic's Don Peck, the University of Pennsylvania's Annette Lareau and The Chicago Sun-Times' Terry Savage.

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Post Date: December 29, 2011