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Economic Commentary

Jobs Creation and Government Policy

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Before the Great Depression of the 1930s, the notion that government ought to be responsible for creating jobs would have seemed absurd. Today, however, we commonly hear aspiring politicians declare that their number-one economic objective would be to increase employment.

10.01.1996EC 10/1/1996

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Jordan, Jerry L. 1996. “Jobs Creation and Government Policy.” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Economic Commentary 10/1/1996.

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