What Is This ‘Wage Insurance’ Obama’s Talking About?
During his State of the Union speech, the president mentioned a labor protection with a long history.
Teresa Ghilarducci
Teresa Ghilarducci is a contributing writer for The Atlantic and a professor of economic policy analysis at the New School for Social Research in New York. She is the author of How to Retire with Enough, How to Know What Enough Is, and When I’m Sixty Four: The Plot Against Pensions and the Plan to Save Them.
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