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FEBRUARY 7, 2015 bloombergview.com

U.S. ECONOMY Justin Fox: "It's been five years since payroll employment bottomed out in the U.S. in February 2010. Since then the economy has added 11.2 million civilian, non-farm jobs. ... Here are the four sectors (or, to be precise, 'supersectors') that have added more than a million jobs during the past five years." Read more... Barry Ritholtz: "I keep telling investors to ignore the monthly frenzy surrounding the monthly jobs report. ... Consider what must be done in order to either profit or avoid a loss based on changes in the employment situation." Read more... TECH Katie Benner: "Twitter is working hard to get user growth to move in a positive direction, which everyone can agree is good. But the more interesting thing about Twitter right now is that it's trying to redefine how we think a social network should work." Read more... UKRAINE CRISIS The Editors: "It is with low expectations that German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande have gone to Moscow to secure a settlement for eastern Ukraine. And rightly so, because compromise in this conflict is obstructed by a hard historical truth: Both sides know that once Russian troops have established control over a piece of neighboring territory, it is lost for good." Read more... DECLASSIFIED Eli Lake: "Way back in the George W. Bush administration, his progressive critics used to call themselves members of the 'reality-based community.' ... Reading through President Barack Obama's new 2015 National Security Strategy, I think it's time to resurrect the phrase, because this document bears very little relation to reality, at least in the Middle East." Read more... HEALTH Margaret Carlson: "We aren't the stupid party. That was the word early this week from GOP central command. From now on, Republicans are four-square behind vaccinating children against deadly diseases. ... Sadly, Governor Chris Christie and Senator Rand Paul, leading Republican lights and likely presidential candidates, didn't get the memo soon enough." Read more... WALL STREET Matt Levine: "This week's fascinating Wall Street Journal article about how banks and regulators are trying to to define and measure culture ends with a discussion of Wells Fargo's 'happy-to-grumpy' ratio." Read more... FOREIGN POLICY Stephen L. Carter: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met yesterday in Munich with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif "as a prelude to the resumption of the P5+1 talks on the Islamic republic's nuclear program. ... Should the administration be proceeding with talks so politically fraught, and with an adversary so intransigent -- and potentially dangerous? As so often, history offers a useful precedent." Read more... LATIN AMERICA Mac Margolis: "Chicken, toilet paper, snakebite medicine and now safe sex: The list of privations which the Venezuelans must endure has just gotten longer." Read more... SPORTS Kavitha A. Davidson: Los Angeles Clippers star Chris Paul is taking some heat "for comments he made about a female referee after Thursday night's embarrassing loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. The reaction has been swift and predictable, with Paul's supporters completely missing the point in jumping to his defense." Read more... 2016 ELECTIONS Francis Wilkinson: "Several Republicans with 2016 presidential ambitions have been plagued by prosecutors. ... Governor Chris Christie appears to be keeping half the lawyers in New Jersey occupied." Read more... Jonathan Bernstein: "Let's talk early-stage presidential primary polls. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has had something of a surge over the last week. What should we make of it?" Read more... ENTERTAINMENT Zara Kessler: "Bruce Jenner is allegedly -- which is to say based on gossip, insinuation and photos -- transitioning to be female." What will this mean for the trans movement? Read more... FOOD Megan McArdle: "Steak is delicious. You should eat it. You just shouldn't eat it at a restaurant, unless that restaurant is a high-end steakhouse that has devoted itself exclusively to the preparation of prime, dry-aged steaks."Read more...