Thursday, November 2, 2017

John T. Harvey — Jobs Program: A Darn Good Idea From The Trump White House

I am accustomed to criticizing government economic policy in this blog so please forgive me if I fumble about a bit with this one. Kevin Hassett, the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, has suggested that in order to address our deep-seated economic stagnation, "government programs that directly hire people might be part of the solution" (Should government hire the long-term jobless?). Oh my God, yes! This is a fantastic idea and precisely the sort of thing I expected President Sanders to undertake....
Forbes — Pragmatic Economics
Jobs Program: A Darn Good Idea From The Trump White House
John T. Harvey | Professor of Economics at Texas Christian University

2 comments:

Matt Franko said...

"the sort of thing I expected President Sanders to undertake...."

LOL!!!!

Noah Way said...

Never happen.

We can afford to privatize anything and everything (except losses).