TCF Budget Analyst Andrew Fieldhouse offers five job creation policies for handling the fiscal obstacle course and slowing deficit reduction.
His post outlines the five job creation proposals in our new paper,Navigating the fiscal obstacle course, which offers policymakers a realistic blueprint for moderating the pace of deficit reduction to boost growth and employment. Relative to current policy, the paper recommends investing roughly $600 billion over the next decade, mostly over the next three years, in emergency unemployment benefits, aid to state governments, infrastructure investment, investing in teachers and school modernizations, and a one-year targeted tax rebate.
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