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A Democratic lesson in job creation

Labor economist Daniel Hamermesh, writing in the New York Times' Freakonomics blog, offers some useful insight into the new jobs tax credit proposed by Barack Obama earlier this week.

On Monday, as part of a sheaf of proposals designed to provide short-term relief to Americans struggling in a tough economy, Obama unveiled a $3,000 tax credit for each job created -- in the United States -- by an… » Full Story on Salon.com
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