By Dave Johnson
We have a jobs emergency that is hollowing out the middle class. Some say automation is the cause of our high unemployment and that it will get worse. Others say there are other structural problems and that our high unemployment is a “new normal.” Perhaps these are contributing to the problems. But let’s do the things that we know we can do and need to do today, and then we can talk about how to restructure our economy to help us deal with these changes.
The Discussion