Rampell on the Long-Term Unemployed and Job Searches  I wanted
to comment on this great article by Catherine Rampell, The Help-
Wanted Sign Comes With a Frustrating Asterisk, which is all
about how employers are looking for workers with jobs right now
rather than hiring from the long-term unemployed.  Two quick
points:  - This image of a collection of want ads was in the
article:  At an event at the FDR Presidential Library on the
creation Social Security, there was a blow-up of Great
Depression-era ads about discrimination against older workers, a
problem that was one of the motivations behind Social Security:
These are similar.  Indeed, older workers are more likely to be
long-term unemployed at this point in the recession.  From
Pew’s recent report on long-term unemployment:   Using the CPS
data, Pew calculated that the persistent problem of long-term
unemployment is occurring across education and age groups but
those who are older than 55 are most likely to remain jobless
for a year or more. Additionally,