30 Issues in 30 Days is our election year series on the important issues facing the country this election year. Today: How the victims of the Great Recession are coping and what the government can do to help them. Visit the 30 Issue home page for all of the conversations.
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Key Questions
- What can government do to help get the long-term unemployed get back to work?
- How can we strengthen the safety net?
- Which demographics have been affected the most by the Great Recession--and why?
What are your key questions on this topic? Post them below and get the conversation going!
Guests Include:
- David Leonhardt, Washington Bureau Chief of the New York Times
- Robert Reich, public policy professor at U.C. Berkeley and former Secretary of the Department of Labor under President Clinton
- Diana Furchtgott-Roth, senior fellow of the Manhattan Institute and author of the new book Regulating to Disaster: How Green Jobs Policies Are Damaging America's Economy
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