WORK - Five Ideas To Help America's Long-Term Unemployed

As I mentioned earlier today, AEI economist Kevin Hassett recently gave provocative congressional testimony offering some possible micro-suggestions to help the long-term unemployed: 1. Direct hiring into government jobs. The stigma of long term unemployment may be ameliorated by a short run jobs program that recruits the long term unemployed to assist with the normal functions of government. This may allow individuals to look for a new job whil ...

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