MIT economist finds temporary jobs may actually reduce workers' income and employment prospects

While the U.S. economy struggles, one form of employment is on the rise: Temporary jobs. In December, the country lost 85,000 jobs overall, but added 47,000 temp positions, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Increasingly America relies on these contingent employees -- or `disposable workers,` as BusinessWeek put it in a recent cover story.

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