manpower policy

"Global Viewpoints: Unemployment: This title examines the topic around the issues of the global problem of unemployment, the victims of unemployment, the causes of unemployment, and the solutions to unemployment"--.

"2010 marked the year when the National Bureau of Economic Research declared an end to the Great Recession. The economy had shed over six million jobs in 2008 and 2009, but few had been recalled to work by 2010. Today, government policies have yet to make a significant dent in unemployment. Here, Ravi Batra explores why this is the case. He explains how joblessness can be completely eliminated--in just two years, and without the help of our painfully incompetent Congress. The President and the Federal Reserve have the legal authority to generate free-market conditions that will quickly end the specter of unemployment, all without involving Congress.Some examples of how to end unemployment without congressional intrusion: [bullet] Creating a bank by the FDIC to compete with banking giants and then charging only 5% interest rates on credit card balances, instead of the standard 10-35% seen today [bullet] Banning mergers among large and profitable firms, as such mergers directly cause layoffs and reinforce monopoly capitalism [bullet] Aid to small businesses in the form of cheap loans and government contracts, because small firms have been real job creators since 1980, while Big Business has been a job destroyer [bullet] Offer retiree bonds to increase the incomes of pensioners who live on savings and whose incomes have been practically destroyed by the collapse of interest rates [bullet] Bring oil prices down to $20/barrel, which would lower a gallon of gas to $1.50"--.

Reporter Ron French draws on his investigations of American companies who have outsourced their production to four poor nations to explore how outsourcing is having a negative impact on the American economy and failing to boost the economies of the poorer nations.

Explores the history and effectiveness of the Work Projects Administration of the United States government, and how under Hoover and Roosevelt in the 1930s the WPA helped to find people work in the Great Depression.

Presents a collection of articles on the nation's economy with a specific focus on the quality and quantity of employment opportunities available to the American people.

Discusses reasons for the growth of outsourcing by U.S. companies, the impact of outsourcing on U.S. workers, the often poor treatment of foreign employees, and potential solutions to the outsourcing problem.

Examines the dangers corporate outsourcing poses to the American labor force and discusses what can be done to stop companies from outsourcing while still increasing production and profit.

Profiles two hundred jobs with potential to renew America, with information on responsibilities, education and training requirements, earnings, growth, work environment, and more.