Moving Niagara Forward
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Credit: Galyna Andrushko/Fotolia The Niagara region in the Canadian province of Ontario is home to 460,000… more
Author: Edward Gordon
An Unheralded Job Success Story: North Dakota’s Full Employment Strategy
Last week I was in North Dakota to speak at the Governor’s Workforce Summit in Minot. It may surprise most… more
Jobs – Jobs – Jobs!
In recent weeks the reeling U.S. economy has made the job’s crisis the center stage issue for the 2012 elections.… more
Jobs, Taxes, and Deficits
Credit: © liquidlibrary/Jupiterimages In 2001 the Congressional Budget Office projected that by 2011 the U.S. government would be in the… more
Growing Structural Evidence: Skills Mismatch Between Idle Workers and Vacant Jobs
Credit: clementine gallot CC by 2.0 In the past months there has been growing recognition that there is a significant… more
A Fourth of July Jobs Message from Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Memorial. Credit: © Norbert Rehm/Shutterstock.com. If Abraham Lincoln were living today, perhaps he might give this speech similar to… more
Sorry, Dr. Krugman. The Jobs Revolution Really is About Skills
What are the myths and realities related to current systemic changes in U.S. jobs and employment? In a recent New… more
U.S. Unemployment: The Bad News Behind the Headlines
Unemployed workers wait to file claims outside a state office in Los Angeles, Calif.; Joel Stettenheim/Corbis Though the U.S. unemployment… more
The Risks of a New Poverty Cycle in the United States
Several recent contradictory headlines grabbed my attention. “Why We’re All Above Average” headed the Wall Street Journal review of Everyone’s… more