October 31, 2006
John Schmitt
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Vive Les Jeunes
The American Prospect, June 2006 (with David Howell)
A Marshall Plan for the Gulf Coast
Topeka Capital-Journal (KS), October 22, 2005
Lessons for the IMF:
Sometimes efficiency is not the best measure
International Herald Tribune, September 30, 2004
Head to Head: Flexible working is necessary for
countries to compete effectively in the global market? No
RSA Journal, July 2004, p. 17 (with Jonathan Wadsworth).
Low-tech proves its worth in jobs creation race
The Guardian (London), September 24, 2001
Demand drives US jobs success
The Guardian (London), September 4, 2000
The Rise and Fall of Job Training
The American Prospect, August 28, 2000
The Upside of Unemployment Insurance
The American Prospect, July 31, 2000
Minimum Wage Careers
The American Prospect, March 27-April 10, 2000
Health Care and the Entrepreneurial Spirit
The American Prospect, March 13, 2000
The old business cycle has not yet been licked
The Guardian (London), February 12, 2000
Waiting for the Hangover
Chicago Tribune, September 6, 1999.
(Also appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Baltimore Sun, and 28 other Knight-Ridder newspapers.)
The Wrong Lesson From America
The Guardian (London), August 30, 1999
Leisure for All
Boston Review, Summer 1999, pp. 20-21
(with Lawrence Mishel and Jared Bernstein)
Dizzy Dow leaves US feeling low
The Guardian, January 18, 1999, p. 19.
An Evaluation of the G7 Economies in the 1990s
Challenge, November-December 1998, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 39-59
(with Lawrence Mishel)
Rip-roaring success for reregulation
The Guardian, May 4, 1998, p. 17.
Dismantling the Myth of the ‘New’ American Economy
WorkingUSA, September-October 1998, pp. 8-24
(with Lawrence Mishel and Jared Bernstein)
The Sky Hasn’t Fallen: An Evaluation of the Economic Impact of the October 1996 Increase in the Minimum Wage
WorkingUSA, September-October 1997, pp. 81-91
(with Jared Bernstein)
The State of American Workers
Challenge, November-December 1996, pp. 33-42
(with Lawrence Mishel and Jared Bernstein).
Out of Date on the Minimum Wage
Washington Post, June 5, 1996, p. A23 (with Jared Bernstein).
Behind the Numbers: Cooked to Order
The American Prospect, May-June 1996, pp. 82-85.
