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Reskilling the Future of Work

HR Digest

More perpetual policies might be necessary to increase wages and support future aggregate demand ensuring workforce fairness. Education models have not on a very basic level changed in 100 years. We have learned from history that wages for some occupations can shrink for quite a while during labor force transitions.

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What the U.S. Economy Needs More Than Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

But I think we need a concrete proposal and leadership in that area. Obama says we need to educate people so they can work these high-skilled jobs. But a jobs strategy has to be based on aggregate demand throughout the economy. In an ideal world, what would that concrete plan look like?

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