Duke professor has a plan to create jobs for everyone

William "Sandy" Darity Jr., a Duke University professor and economist, has spent the past four years touting his solution to the nation’s unemployment problem: a national jobs program that guarantees all citizens 18 and older a job with a minimum annual salary and benefits.

While the plan has its critics, there is a growing chorus of economists and policy makers who argue that giving men and women paychecks does more good than giving money to private companies in the hope it will lead to job creation.

By Bridgette A. Lacy

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