With the US jobless rate near 10 percent, how are we going to get Americans working again? And where will the jobs of the future come from? Larry Mantle and a panel of experts attacked the thorniest challenge facing our economy today…unemployment. Is there any good news on the job creation front? Special guests included:
- Chris Tilly, Director of the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, also an economist and a professor of urban planning
- Marcy Drummond, vice president of Workforce and Economic Development at LA Trade Tech, responsible for all green training at the school
- Chris Thornberg, Principal, Beacon Economics
- Austin Beutner, first deputy mayor and chief executive of economic and business policy, plus general manager of LADWP To listen to this event, please visit the AIRTALK website. Photo credit - Justin Sullivan, Getty Images