WLIA Ep 13: Education or Housing but not Jobs 5/16/23
I return with a more focused episode based on the reveal that HVCC seeks to replace the public housing project In Lincoln park with more adult education facilities. I discuss the local lack of support and the broader issue of work and poverty with a primer in a public job guarantee rather than endless promises of the right education being the means to stable employment and security.
Sources
City and HVCC moves with funding for new campus in South End
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/hvcc-expansion-albany-echoes-capital-south-campus-17745988.php
Paper proposing Fed Job Guarantee
https://www.cbpp.org/research/full-employment/the-federal-job-guarantee-a-policy-to-achieve-permanent-full-employment
Another article with supporting arguments
https://www.niskanencenter.org/the-economics-of-a-job-guarantee-wage-and-employment-effects/