Thursday, September 8, 2011

How to Put America Back to Work | Common Dreams

How to Put America Back to Work | Common Dreams
Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz writes: "How do we get America back to work now? The best way is to use this opportunity — with remarkably low long-term interest rates — to make long-term investments that America so badly needs in infrastructure, technology and education.technology."
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The country is — or should be — focused on jobs. Some 25 million Americans who want a full-time job can’t get one. The youth unemployment rate is as much as twice that of the already unacceptable national average.