Via Ryan Avent a map of job listings per capita in major metropolitan areas:
DC is number one, and Baltimore is number two. Smells like socialism. Not sure about the methodology, though, so I’m not sure how much stock I should put in it. Clearly, though, the metro DC economy is in better-than-average shape and I think that may have a distorting influence on how the hill and the press are seeing the national economic picture which continues to be very bleak despite the fact that the financial panic has ameliorated.
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