Jeffrey Sachs: How to Escape Our Economic Problems
As the country focuses on today’s unemployment numbers, noted economist Jeffrey Sachs says short-term policies have set us up for long-term failure—and outlines an escape from this trap.
Resumes are reviewed at the BostonHires job fair in a hotel in Boston, MA. (Steven Senne / AP Photo)
The Labor Department announced Friday that the U.S. economy lost 95,000 nonfarm jobs in September, higher than the 8,000 loss anticipated by Wall Street economists.