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Thu 03 Mar 2010Spin cannot hide lack of new thinking on jobs
OPINION:Employment forecasts by Fás and the IDA show a misplaced faith in foreign investment, writes MICHAEL HENNIGAN
POLITICAL SPIN on jobs is a dangerous game in these perilous times when the imperative should be to prepare for a changed post-recession world, built on a realistic assessment of the challenges. However, the habit of spin has been long engrained in the enterprise policy area and is apparently a hard one to kick.
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