The American Economic Association, which for decades has been the academic force behind the economic theories of the 1%, will be holding it’s 2012 annual meeting in Chicago, January 6-8th. CPEG will join the occupy movement, labor, community, and other groups in protest of the disastrous free-market ideology, championed by prominent members of the AEA, that has wrecked our economy for all but the wealthiest Americans.
The Chicago Political Economy Group and Stand Up! Chicago today released a new plan entitled Investing in Chicago Communities; A Jobs Fund for a Future That Works. The Chicago Community Jobs Plan outlines our proposal to address Chicago’s jobs crisis by creating 40,000 new jobs for the city’s unemployed. The jobs plan would not only provide Chicagoans with living wage, full-time jobs that match their existing skills and experience, but would serve as an investment in our communities, making them safer, stronger and more vibrant.
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