Job training has long been promoted as a central policy response to poverty and unemployment. Both Democrats and Republicans have trumpeted training as the answer to everything from welfare to NAFTA. The Job Training Charade provides a comprehensive critique showing that training has been a near-total failure. Even more dramatically, the book shows how politicians have ignored repeated reports of the program s failure, and have kept funding a policy they know cannot work.
Gordon Lafer first examines the economic assumptions and track record of training policy. He goes on to provide a...
Job training has long been promoted as a central policy response to poverty and unemployment. Both Democrats and Republicans have trumpeted training a...
Job training has long been promoted as a central policy response to poverty and unemployment. Both Democrats and Republicans have trumpeted training as the answer to everything from welfare to NAFTA. The Job Training Charade provides a comprehensive critique showing that training has been a near-total failure. Even more dramatically, the book shows how politicians have ignored repeated reports of the program s failure, and have kept funding a policy they know cannot work.
Gordon Lafer first examines the economic assumptions and track record of training policy. He goes on to provide a...
Job training has long been promoted as a central policy response to poverty and unemployment. Both Democrats and Republicans have trumpeted training a...
In the aftermath of the 2010 Citizens United decision, it's become commonplace to note the growing political dominance of a small segment of the economic elite. But what exactly are those members of the elite doing with their newfound influence? The One Percent Solution provides an answer to this question for the first time. Gordon Lafer's book is a comprehensive account of legislation promoted by the nation's biggest corporate lobbies across all fifty state legislatures and encompassing a wide range of labor and economic policies.
In an era of growing economic insecurity, it turns...
In the aftermath of the 2010 Citizens United decision, it's become commonplace to note the growing political dominance of a small segment of the ec...
