Creating Jobs

The JOBS Act Is Now Law -- So Now What?

Christopher Hytry Derrington | Posted 04.24.2012

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Christopher Hytry Derrington

Thousands of us entrepreneurs will benefit from the JOBS Act. This could become a very viable and exciting way for small companies to raise capital. But not yet. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has nine months to draw up the regulations.

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Getting Real on Job Creation

Alison Craiglow Hockenberry | Posted 10.05.2011

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Alison Craiglow Hockenberry

Too often, increasing employment means propping up failing industries or paying people to make and do things the demand side doesn't need. What the unemployed need are sustainable jobs, making useful stuff for people who want it.

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Dan Froomkin

A New Big Idea: Create Jobs And Reduce Poverty By Doubling The Charitable Deduction

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Even as the United States suffers from a staggering unemployment crisis and vast income inequality, the nation's wealthiest families are...

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Help Wanted! -- (But Not Here)

Dan Rather | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Rather

We're not just creating overseas jobs at an astounding rate, we're off-shoring the innovation and the know-how that we need to lay the groundwork for the future of the American economy.

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A 'Manhattan Project' Jobs Plan That Even Republicans Might Like

Jane White | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jane White

Most likely the best fix for our economic malaise isn't a trickle-down, stimulus or protectionist approach but to use federal funds for a "Manhattan Project" that would kick-start high-tech innovation that will create high-skilled jobs.

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Detroit Do-It-Yourselfers Provide Basic Services For Financially Strapped

Wall Street Journal | Alex P. Kellogg | Posted 05.25.2011

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DETROIT--Although he retired long ago, Eddie Edwards has found work that keeps him busy for much of the year: staving off blight on his block....

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Is Green Policy Bad For Jobs?

Alison van Diggelen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alison van Diggelen

As the race for Governor heats up in California, one of the divisive issues is bright green. Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner both say that they'd suspend the greenhouse gas emissions legislation.

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Peaceful Revolution: Investing in Our Human Infrastructure

Riane Eisler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Riane Eisler

The Real Wealth of our Nation is Its People Over half a million people lost their jobs last month. There's no question we need a job-creation plan. T...

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The Vision to Stay Green

Tri Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tri Robinson

We don't need to relegate people to poverty just for the sake of saving some trees. Pitting those two things against one another is a false choice.

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