More Thoughts on a Job Guarantee: What Is At Issue?

Jared Bernstein and I had a piece earlier this week discussing the problems that a government job guarantee would address along with some of the problems which make us reluctant to endorse one. I thought it would be useful to summarize the four areas in which we have serious concerns about the economic response:

1) The number of people currently employed who would opt for a guaranteed job.

Proponents of a guarantee argue that most private sector employers would improve their wage and benefit...