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The New Economic Risk: Complacency

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With each month of steady employment growth — in May, 175,000 jobs were created — the feeling of lassitude around the issues facing the American economy takes hold a little bit more.

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New York Times: Donald Trump Will Do Nothing to Bring Back Our Dying American Dream

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