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    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,…

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    Unemployment and U.S. Job Market

    Panelists 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…

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    Challenges for New Governors

    Panelists 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…

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    Preventing Returns to Prison

    In 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…

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    Welfare and Tax Policy

    Moderated 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…

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    Evaluation of Social Class in the U.S.

    David 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…

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    Can Welfare Reform Encourage Work?

    Participants 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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