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Derek Thompson - Derek Thompson is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where he oversees business coverage for the website.
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He is a visiting research fellow at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget at the New America Foundation. Derek has also written for Slate, BusinessWeek, and the Daily Beast. He has appeared as a guest on radio and television networks, including NPR, the BBC, CNBC, and MSNBC.
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An Interactive Map of Vanishing Employment

By Derek Thompson

Apr 15 2009, 5:19 PM ET Comment

Check out this fascinating visual guide to the crush of unemployment. An interactive map of the United States shows how many jobs have been lost in each county since February 2008, and if you press play you can watch the jobs bleed in bright red circles on a month-by-month basis.


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