The Jobless Pandemic: Prescription for A Cure
Why does a labor economist out of Michigan recommend that the U.S. government replicate a 1980s Minnesota jobs program?
“The Jobless Pandemic: Prescription for a Cure” was a forum that took place on November 12th, 2009, intended for policy makers and citizens invested in seeing Minnesota identify and deploy proven strategies for job creation.
The keynote address was given by Dr. Timothy Bartik, senior labor economist with the Upjohn Institute. He has written about the Minnesota Emergency Economic Development program that used wage subsidies to create jobs and to provide a lifeline to small and emerging employers.
Jerome Paquin, president of Keystone Development Company, moderated a panel discussion featuring the perspective of Minnesota employers, workforce specialists and workers.
Forum gets the community talking about job creation
Highlights from Dr. Bartik’s speech
Star Tribune business columnist Neal St. Anthony covers the issue and event
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The Jobless Pandemic: Prescription for a Cure
- By year’s end, Minnesota will have lost 140,000 jobs in the deepest recession in half a century.
- Minnesota economists tell us it will be three years before we see Minnesota’s labor market producing the number of jobs it had in 2006.
With only 40% of Minnesota’s jobless collecting unemployment insurance, what is supposed to happen in the meantime?
THERE IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO