The Jobs Deficit: The Challenge of Putting America Back to Work - Keynote
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Channel: New America · 2009 · News & Politics
12:00 pm - President Obama's Economic Policy Course: The Jobs Challenge The Hon. Jared Bernstein Chief Economist and Economic Policy Advisor to the Vice President More than one in six working Americans is now unemployed or underemployed, with more job losses yet to come. At this Oct. 20 event, some of America's leading policymakers and economic thinkers gathered to discuss how public policy should respond to this unprecedented unemployment crisis. Please refer to the agenda below to access speaker handouts and presentations, or to watch recordings from the event's webcast. Each speaker's materials are located directly beneath the speaker's name and titles in the agenda listing. Supplementary conference materials are listed below in the "Related Links" section, and a photo slideshow is available immediately below this text.
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