There are 17 websites in the ECON*world starting with the letter O.

Entries 1 through 17:

• Oakland University
• Oberlin College
• Occidental College
• Oglethorpe University
• Ohio Business
• Ohio State University
• Ohio University
• Ohio Wesleyan University
• Oklahoma City University
• Oklahoma Department of Commerce
• Oklahoma State University
• Old Dominion University
• Olivet Nazarene University
• Orange Coast College
• Oregon Economic & Community Development
• Oregon State University
• Our Lady of the Lake University

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Unemployment caused by a mismatch between workers' skills and the skills needed for available jobs. Structural unemployment essentially occurs because resources, especially labor, are configured (trained) for a given technology but the economy demands goods and services using another technology. Employers seek workers who have one type of skill and workers seeking employment have a different type of skill. This mismatch in skills, largely the result of technological progress, creates unemployment of the structural variety. Structural unemployment is one of four unemployment sources. The other three are cyclical unemployment, seasonal unemployment, and frictional unemployment. Frictional and structural unemployment are the two components of natural unemployment.

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There seems to be a disturbance on the steps of the Shady Valley City Hall. Why it's the twins, Donna and Rhonda, engaged in yet another of their long-running, and overly heated, political arguments. Donna, you see, is a devoted Democrat and Rhonda is a rigid Republican. They haven't found much to agree on since, well, come to think of it they've never agreed on anything. In their current debate, Donna is making a strident case for stricter regulation of the banking industry and Rhonda is championing the virtues of free enterprise. I had better hitch up my jogging pants and intervene before their argument comes to blows -- again. While I do, let's ponder the source of differing political views.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time wandering around the shopping mall trying to buy either a how-to book on home remodeling or a tall storage cabinet with five shelves and a secure lock. Be on the lookout for telephone calls from former employers.
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