What Can Be Done to Fix the US Economy and Get African-Americans Back to Work? pt1

With so much attention being focused on the oil disaster in the Gulf, there is another disaster that we still continue to face: our economy. While the economic outlook is improving, the fact still remains, millions of people — especially African-Americans — are jobless and struggling. What can be done, and what should be done, to fix this problem? Dr. Peter Morici an economics professor at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, and Michael Ettlinger vice president for economic policy at the Center for American Progress, a progressive think-tank have some answers.

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