New Orleans I’m going to keep this short and sweet, and the message will be clear. The economy in the USA is showing some signs of improvement. More jobs are coming into the statistics. The President is getting a bounce in his step. This is all good news. Obama will have trouble winning without these …
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Real Jobs for Real People in the Informal Economy
New Orleans I argued yesterday that as important as “new” industries and mass employers are in finding real employment for millions, that the days when headlines of General Motors hiring 4000 workers are going to be few and far between. What we need is localized informal workshops, training, production, marketing, and sales that can provide …
Embracing the “Informal” Economy for the 20% Unemployed Men
New Orleans Somehow the columnists are finally noticing that there are a lot of men (and most of them are still men) who are woefully out of work. Both the Times’ David Brooks and David Leonhardt have commented on the fact that 20% of American men are out of work between 25 and 54. Brooks …