Why Are Jobs So Slow to Come Back?

Dick Bolles
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AOL Jobs Guest Writer

It's easy to understand how the world got into the economic mess it's currently recovering from. To speak in glittering generalities, far too many of us made the following four mistakes:

  1. spent too much,

  2. borrowed too much,

  3. saved too little,

  4. took too much risk, with our mortgages and investments.

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