To Extend or Not to Extend – Unemployment Benefits

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/10/07/long-term-joblessness-likely-to-spur-unemployment-extension-fight/

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/business/some-unemployed-find-fault-in-extension-of-jobless-benefits.html

Meanwhile, David Brooks considers the pace of innovation

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/opinion/brooks-where-are-the-jobs.html