The Jobs Deficit: The Challenge of Putting America Back to Work - Panel 3

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Channel: New America · 2009 · News & Politics

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0:45 am - Policy Brainstorming and Proposals: Closing the Jobs Deficit

Timothy Bartik
Senior Economist
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Janet Kavinoky
Director, Transportation & Infrastructure
US Chamber of Commerce

Thea Lee
Policy Director and Chief International Economist
AFL-CIO

Michael Lind
Policy Director, Economic Growth Program
New America Foundation

Michael Mandel
Chief Economist
BusinessWeek

moderator
Sherle R. Schwenninger
Director, Economic Growth Program
New America Foundation

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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