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Policy Note
2010 / 1
charles j. whalen is a professor of economics at Utica College and a visiting fellow in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations
at Cornell University. This Policy Note has been adapted from remarks presented at the Hyman P. Minsky Summer Seminar and
Conference, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., June 25, 2010, as part of the panel Policies to
Resolve the Employment Crisis.
The Levy Economics Institute is publishing this research with the conviction that it is a constructive and positive contribution to the
discussion on relevant policy issues. Neither the Institutes Board of Governors nor its advisers necessarily endorse any proposal made by
the author.