Episode 76: American Job Guarantee
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
