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Contents
Preface
I. American Workers and the Health of the U.S. Economy
Editor’s Introduction
1) Employment Growth in America. Christopher H. Wheeler.
Bridges
2) How Good Are the New Jobs? Tim Kane, Ph.D. Backgrounder
3) As Income Gap Widens, Uncertainty Spreads. Griff Witte. The Washington
Post
4) Delusions of Disparity. J. A. Foster-Bey. National Review Online
5) The Wage Squeeze and Higher Health Care Costs. Sylvia Allegretto and
Jared Bernstein. Economic Policy Institute Issue Brief
6) Glass Ceiling? More Like Steel. Cheryl Hall. The Dallas Morning News
7) The Business Case for Diversity. Edith G. Orenstein. Financial Executive
II. The Role of Governments in the Job Market
Editor’s Introduction
1) Can Better Skills Meet Better Jobs? Steve Savner and Jared Bernstein.
American Prospect
2) Minimum Wage or “Living” Wage? Elaine McCrate. World and I
3) Economic Development 101—The Tax-Break Payoff. Paul Grimaldi. The
Providence Journal
4) Tax Abatements Not Always Good As Gold. L. A. Lorek. San Antonio
Express-News
5) Fears for a Program That Lends Just a Little. Elizabeth Olson. The New
York Times
6) The Road to Riches? Christopher Shea. The Boston Globe
III. American Jobs and the Global Economy
Editor’s Introduction
1) Closed-Door Policy. Douglas S. Massey. American Prospect
2) North of the Border. Paul Krugman. The New York Times
3) Made in America. Sarah Childress. Newsweek
4) Businesses Push for High-Skilled Foreign Workers. June Kronholz. The Wall
Street Journal
5) Savior or Villain? Timothy Aeppel. The Wall Street Journal
6) Toward a Progressive View on Outsourcing. Doug Henwood. The Nation
7) A Mixed Result. Terry Kosdrosky. Crain’s Detroit Business
IV. The Working World in Transition
Editor’s Introduction
1) Critics Wary of Benefits Permatemps Miss Out On. Maria M. Perotin. Fort
Worth Star-Telegram
2) Temp-to-Hire Is Becoming Full-Time Practice at Firms. John Zappe.
Workforce Management
3) Heaven Can Wait. Paula Span. The Washington Post
4) Doing Homework. Roger Fillion. Rocky Mountain News
5) Firms Go High-Tech to Screen Applicants. Karen Dybis. The Detroit News
6) Yes, the Boss Is . . . Watching. Patricia Kitchen. Newsday
Appendix
Tomorrow’s Jobs. From Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2006–07 Edition. U.S.
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bulletin 2600
Bibliography
Books
Web Sites
Additional Periodical Articles with Abstracts
Index
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