CIAO DATE: 03/02

Economic Perspectives

 

Volume 3, Number 1, February 1998

Employment and Job Creation in a Global Economy (Download the complete issue in PDF format)

Preface

Focus Articles

• Workers Meeting the Challenge of Change ,  by Alexis M. Herman, U.S. Secretary of Labor

• Pursuing a Global Approach to Labor Policies,  An Interview With Andrew Samet, Deputy Under Secretary of Labor for International Affairs

• Small Business: A Vital Building Block to Economic Growth,  by Aida Alvarez, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration

  Commentary

  The U.S. Model for Job Creation

• Is the U.S. Socioeconomic System the Model for Other Countries?,  by Ray Marshall, Former U.S. Secretary of Labor

• The United States as a Job Creation Machine: An Example for Germany?,  by Flemming Larsen, Deputy Director of Research, International Monetary Fund

  International Labor Standards

• The Global Economy, Worker Rights, and Competitiveness,  by Steve Yokich, President of the UAW

• International Labor Standards: Are They An Appropriate Response to Global Competitiveness?,  by Stephen Golub, Professor of Economics, Swarthmore College

  The Job-Trade Link: Training as a Key to Global Competitiveness

• Employability: The Fast Track to Trade and Skills,  by Lawrence Perlman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ceridian Corporation

• A Changing Workforce in a Changing World,  by Roberts T. Jones, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Alliance of Business

  Facts and Figures

• Comparative Civilian Labor Force Statistics for Major Industrial Countries

  Information Resources

• Key Contacts and Internet Sites

• Additional Readings on the Labor Markets

  Departments

• Economic Trends

• Congressional Currents

• Calendar of Economic Events