During a career with the U.S. Department of Labor that spanned 16 years and three very different administrations, White House workforce priorities rarely wavered: jobs, jobs, and more jobs.
From Clinton’s “work first” policies to the Bush-era tax cuts, helping more people get jobs has been a cornerstone of U.S. politics for decades. However, as we teeter toward the nation’s first “full-employment recession” that conventional wisdom may no longer hold true.
