Georgetown Public Policy Review
Policy Shaping Our Future
We’re now more than a month into 2010, and the need for social policy prescriptions is as high as ever. In his State of the Union on January 28, President Obama admitted as much. The devastation wreaked by the current recession remains, Obama said, and “One in 10 Americans still cannot find work. Many businesses […]
by Ryan Greenfield So here we are, still losing jobs one year after President Obama took office. The Labor Department reported on January 7 that, after one month of the slenderest job gains (4,000) in November, payrolls again dropped by 85,000 jobs in December. The economy and jobs constitute the most important issue for both […]