Fifty Shades of Economic Stimulus: How a Smutty Book Is Creating Jobs

Date: Sep 05 2012

Filed under: Economy, Barnes & Noble, Books, Jobs

Fifty Shades of GreyWhen politicians talk about “job creators,” they’re usually referring to big industries and prominent industrialists, the kind of influential, large-scale world-changers who can hire or fire thousands of people with a flick of the pen or a tap of the keyboard. Recently, however, a single book has shown that job creation — and economic stimulus, for that matter — can come from some very odd quarters.

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