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Working (and Not Working): Updating Studs Terkel for the Recession

We took inspiration from Studs Terkel and spoke with 10 people-five with full-time jobs and five without-about what work means to them in 2010.

Thomas Golianopoulos
By Thomas GolianopoulosOct 21, 2010
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Illustrations by Will Etling.

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