Youth, Job Training, and Education
Panelists talked about ideas to help young people acquire job skills. Topics included apprenticeships and education, the need for public sector job creation to supplement the private sector,…
246 viewsPanelists talked about ideas to help young people acquire job skills. Topics included apprenticeships and education, the need for public sector job creation to supplement the private sector,…
246 viewsPanelists talked about the U.S. job market and initiatives that might help lower the unemployment rate. Among the topics they addressed were various economic strategies to improvement employ…
597 viewsPanelists talked about the challenges facing the newly elected governors in the face of strained state budgets, high unemployment, and a slow economic recovery. They also responded to questi…
231 viewsIn the second of several discussions at a day-long event titled, "Can We Put Poor Men to Work?", panelists focused on employment for men in poverty. They focused on low-skilled workers, part…
166 viewsModerated by Mr. Steuerle, a panel of experts discussed the topic, “Making Taxes and Welfare Work Together.” Panel members talked about a welfare system of roughly 85 overlapping federal ta…
208 viewsDavid Broder of the Washington Post moderated this panel on the declining importance of class in the U.S. The panelists examined how much class origins determines a citizen’s chances to succ…
206 viewsParticipants talked about how welfare programs could be reformed in order to encourage work. Governor Bill Weld, R-MA, shared his state’s reform proposal, and the prospects for federal appro…
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