Episode 76: American Job Guarantee
Scholars Strategy Network's No Jargon · Dominik Doemer
March 21, 201722m 6s
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Show Notes
Could we fight unemployment by providing government jobs in construction, child care, and other needed public projects? Professor William Darity explains how a Federal Job Guarantee could work and how similar programs have been effective in the past.
For More on this Topic:
- Check out his oped in The New York Times.
- Read his two-page brief, co-authored with Darrick Hamilton and Mark Paul.
Further Reading:
- Why Jobless Americans Experience Deep and Prolonged Distress, Cristobal Young, Stanford University, SSN Key Findings
- The Great Recession and America's Underemployment Crisis, Leif Jensen, Pennsylvania State University, Tim Slack, Louisiana State University, SSN Key Findings