James Pethokoukis
Politics and policy from inside Washington
Does Washington really get the jobs crisis?
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David Rosenberg of Gluskin Sheff doesn’t think so:
These attempts to stimulate consumption at a time when household spending relative to GDP is already at an all-time high are not going to carry much of a multiplier impact. There is a youth unemployment crisis, a skills crisis, a crisis among the ability of small businesses, who have been responsible for 65% of the new hiring in the U.S.A. over the past 15 years — to secure financing for working capital purposes, there is a crisis in terms of a declining manufacturing capital stock, and the programs we get are these old and tired Keynesian attempts at temporary boosts to consumer demand. It truly boggles the mind, and as we show below, American taxpayers are still a long, long way from paying for all these transitory fiscal policies out of Washington.
Me: When I hear folks start talking about new WPA and CCC programs, I know they’re out of ideas.
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Of course, they get the job crisis; it’s what they were hoping for.
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