11 feb 2010

Five myths about how to create jobs



(..)With unemployment hovering just below 10 percent, job creation is now priority number one in Washington. But America’s jobs challenge is a marathon, not a sprint.

1. Surely there’s a quick fix.

2. The key to boosting employment quickly is to help small businesses.

3. High-tech jobs will solve the problem.

4. Higher productivity (when an economy produces more goods and services per worker) kills jobs.

5. Increasing exports will revive manufacturing employment.

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