Economic Resources
Federal Job Guarantee
Articles/Essays/Op-eds
The Federal Job Guarantee - A Policy to Achieve Permanent Full Employment, Mark Paul, William Darity, and Darrick Hamilton. “We recommend: The permanent establishment of a National Investment Employment Corps (NIEC). The NIEC will provide universal job coverage for all adult Americans. The permanent establishment of the NIEC would eliminate involuntary unemployment.”
Guaranteed Jobs Through a Public Service Employment Program, Randall Wray
Need a Job? Just Call Bernie. Kevin Drum — a critique of Sanders federally guaranteed jobs proposal
Guaranteed Public Service Employment. “Growing interest in a federally funded public-service job guarantee — as reflected in the Job Guarantee Manifesto — challenges the assumption that avoiding poverty is primarily an individual responsibility. In fact, a personal deficiency is not the main reason workers can’t find a living-wage job….” (read more)
Green New Deal — “a congressional resolution to mobilize every aspect of American society to 100% clean and renewable energy, guarantee living-wage jobs for anyone who needs one, and a just transition for both workers and frontline communities—all in the next 10 years.”