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The Federal Job Guarantee: A Step Toward Racial Justice

Cross-posted from Dissent Magazine: >> https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/federal-job-guarantee-racial-justice-darrick-hamilton   Subscribe to Dissent Magazine Works Progress Administration poster by Harry Herzog, 1936, via Library of Congress. (Click for large version.) by Darrick Hamilton ▪ November 9, 2015 The conventional discourse about racial disparity in America is a myth. It’s a myth upheld by Democrats, Republicans, blacks, and whites alike;… Read More The Federal Job Guarantee: A Step Toward Racial Justice

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The Labor Force Participation Rate and It Trajectory–Why It Matters

by June Zaccone, Assoc. Prof. of Economics (Emerita), Hofstra University and member, NJFAC Executive Committee. Special Report 5 June 2015; Graphs have been updated 2/20 If the LFPR were at its pre-recession level, the unemployment rate in September 2013 would have been 10.2% instead of 7.2%. The participation rate and its changes can lead to… Read More The Labor Force Participation Rate and It Trajectory–Why It Matters

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Social Security Q&A: Separating Fact from Fiction

BY DOUG ORR This article is from the May/June 2005 issue of Dollars and Sense: The Magazine of Economic Justice Parts of this article are outdated, but it provides important explanations of the SS system and financing, as well as disposing of several myths. JZ The president just completed his 60-day, 35-state tour to spread… Read More Social Security Q&A: Separating Fact from Fiction

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What is Full Employment?*

by Helen Ginsburg, Professor of Economics Emerita, Brooklyn College of the City of New York and Executive Committee, National Jobs for All Coalition Full employment is an elusive term that reflects divergent concepts, values and power relations (Ginsburg, 1991; Gross, 1991; Nixon, 1973). Though concepts overlap, two main strands are discernible. One emphasizes enhanced human… Read More What is Full Employment?*

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From 1963 to 2013: NPQ’s Economic Progress Quiz

The March for Jobs and Freedom: From 1963 to 2013 NPQ’s Economic Progress Quiz  28 August 2013 The March for Jobs and Freedom in 1963 had a very strong emphasis on jobs and economic equality. As recounted by John Branston at the Memphis CityBeat [8/20/2013], the marchers demanded “a massive federal program to train and… Read More From 1963 to 2013: NPQ’s Economic Progress Quiz

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