The Jobs Deficit: The Challenge of Putting America Back to Work - Intro and Panel 1
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Channel: New America · 2009 · News & Politics
9:00 am - Welcome Steve Clemons Director, American Strategy Program New America Foundation Steve Coll President New America Foundation 9:10 am - How Serious is the Job Crisis? Joseph E. Gagnon Senior Fellow Peterson Institute for International Economics Leo Hindery, Jr. Managing Partner InterMedia Partners, LP Greg Ip U.S. Economics Editor The Economist Lenny Mendonca Chairman McKinsey Global Institute moderator Bruce Stokes International Economics Correspondent National Journal 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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