The Jobs Deficit: The Challenge of Putting America Back to Work - Intro and Panel 1

9:00 am - Welcome

Steve Clemons
Director, American Strategy Program
New America Foundation

Steve Coll
President
New America Foundation

9:10 am - How Serious is the Job Crisis?

Joseph E. Gagnon
Senior Fellow
Peterson Institute for International Economics

Leo Hindery, Jr.
Managing Partner
InterMedia Partners, LP

Greg Ip
U.S. Economics Editor
The Economist

Lenny Mendonca
Chairman
McKinsey Global Institute

moderator
Bruce Stokes
International Economics Correspondent
National Journal

More than one in six working Americans is now unemployed or underemployed, with more job losses yet to come. At this Oct. 20 event, some of America's leading policymakers and economic thinkers gathered to discuss how public policy should respond to this unprecedented unemployment crisis.

Please refer to the agenda below to access speaker handouts and presentations, or to watch recordings from the event's webcast. Each speaker's materials are located directly beneath the speaker's name and titles in the agenda listing. Supplementary conference materials are listed below in the "Related Links" section, and a photo slideshow is available immediately below this text.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Jobs
• Economy
• Government
• Policy
• Economic
• Crisis
• Creation
• Stimulus