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The jobs crash

Robert Reich
Sep 05, 2025
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Friends,

Sorry to intrude on you again today, but this morning’s jobs report shows that Trump’s economy is experiencing a jobs crash.

When I say jobs crash, I mean that employers have essentially stopped hiring. Today’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the economy added only 22,000 jobs in August (relative to the normal monthly gain …

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