The Jobs Deficit: The Challenge of Putting America Back to Work

More than one in six working Americans is now unemployed or underemployed, with more job losses yet to come. At this Oct. 20 event, some of America's leading policymakers and economic thinkers gathered to discuss how public policy should respond to this unprecedented unemployment crisis.

Please refer to the agenda below to access speaker handouts and presentations, or to watch recordings from the event's webcast. Each speaker's materials are located directly beneath the speaker's name and titles in the agenda listing. Supplementary conference materials are listed below in the "Related Links" section, and a photo slideshow is available immediately below this text.

An MP3 audio recording will be updated here as it becomes available.

Agenda

8:30 am - Registration and Coffee

9:00 am - Welcome

• Steve Clemons
  Director, American Strategy Program
  New America Foundation
• Steve Coll
  President
  New America Foundation

9:10 am - How Serious is the Job Crisis?

• Joseph E. Gagnon
  Senior Fellow
  Peterson Institute for International Economics
  Gagnon Presentation
• Leo Hindery, Jr.
  Managing Partner
  InterMedia Partners, LP
• Greg Ip
  U.S. Economics Editor
  The Economist
  Ip Presentation
• Lenny Mendonca
  Chairman
  McKinsey Global Institute
  
  moderator
• Bruce Stokes
  International Economics Correspondent
  National Journal

10:00 am - The Jobs Agenda: What Role for State and Federal Governments?

• The Hon. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
  Member, Committee on Appropriations and Committee on the Budget
  U.S. House of Representatives
• The Hon. Edward G. Rendell
  Governor of Pennsylvania
  
  moderator
• Marylin Geewax
  Senior Business Editor
  National Public Radio

10:45 am - Policy Brainstorming and Proposals: Closing the Jobs Deficit

• Timothy Bartik
  Senior Economist
  W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
  Bartik Handout
• Janet Kavinoky
  Director, Transportation & Infrastructure
  US Chamber of Commerce
• Thea Lee
  Policy Director and Chief International Economist
  AFL-CIO
• Michael Lind
  Policy Director, Economic Growth Program
  New America Foundation
• Michael Mandel
  Chief Economist
  BusinessWeek
  
  moderator
• Sherle R. Schwenninger
  Director, Economic Growth Program
  New America Foundation

12:00 pm - President Obama's Economic Policy Course: The Jobs Challenge

• The Hon. Jared Bernstein
  Chief Economist and Economic Policy Advisor to the Vice President
  Bernstein- Presentation
  Bernstein- Transcript | (pdf)

Related Links

• Hindrey Jr and Riegle Jr- The Jobs Solution
• Lind- Healthcare Can Get America Working
• Palley- A Second Great Depression is Still Possible

• Bartik- The Job Creation Tax Credit

• Jobless Recovery (June 2009)
• The Jobs Deficit Slideshow
• Policy Roundtable: The Challenge of Job Creation