For more than a decade, Darrick Hamilton has advocated for a radical but sensible proposal: guaranteed employment. If the private sector doesn’t give you a job, he contends, then the government should.
The idea, which the Milano School faculty member has argued for in research papers and in the media , is gaining traction, as wage stagnation and automation continue to hold back American workers.
Hamilton and his colleague, Duke University professor and economist William Darity Jr., were recently recognized for their work to end unemployment, landing on Politico’s prestigious annual The POLITICO 50: The ideas blowing up American politics — […]
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