Today an estimated 50,000 to 65,000 of the nation's 1.5 million scientists and engineers are unemployed, according to the Department of Labor. Many of these previously much-sought-after professionals face a unique problem: Their carefully cultivated skills have become unsalable commodities in a ...
What is the rationale for the public to finance and provide job training and retraining? This question may seem out of place in light of this country’s 30-year history of federal support for training and retraining programs. Yet, the checkered history o
The offer to military veterans left unemployed by the coronavirus pandemic was tantalizing: A year of online courses courtesy of the federal government. Graduates would be set up for good jobs in high-demand fields… Schedules were disorganized and courses did not follow a set syllabus. School-pr...
but is oblivious to easier methods to accomplish this. While some people are more talented and harder working than others and should not be penalized for their productivity, it is simultaneously true that money created by the Federal Reserve accumulates...
This study analyzes worker perspectives on the financing responsibilities of businesses, workers and government for dislocated worker programs that provide job search and retraining assistance to unemployed workers. It is based on a survey of 1,555 experienced workers in Illinois. Joint business and ...
Analyzes worker perspectives on the financing responsibilities of business workers and government for dislocated worker programs that provide job search and retraining assistance to unemployed workers. Survey of 1,555 experienced workers in Illinois; Popularity of joint business and worker financing ...