NPR: Hear: Can Anyone Make Jobs?

Hear: Can Anyone Make Jobs?

A job fair for veterans in New York City.

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Today on Planet Money:

We continue our theme about the nature of jobs -- what they really are, where they really come from and whether the government can really create them.

-- Economist Russell Roberts, of George Mason University, takes a whack at job-creation programs like President-elect Barack Obama's. Roberts says the billions of dollars involved get shifted from other parts of the economy, so the net effect is minimal.

-- Phil and Jenn Sandifer get an Economist House Call from Simon Johnson of MIT. The Sandifers, graduate students at the University Florida, own their home and are worried about selling it when they find teaching jobs -- if they find teaching jobs.

-- Listener Michael A. Goldsmith asks where new money comes from. (And wouldn't we all like to know.)

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Laura Conaway

5:47 PM ET | 12- 3-2008 | permalink

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