Better LTC jobs will boost economy, says Kuttner

from PHI:

Economics writer Robert Kuttner has some advice for President-Elect Barack Obama in his new book Obama’s Challenge: America’s Economic Crisis and the Power of a Transformative Presidency.

Kuttner makes a strong case for professionalizing the human services
sector – jobs which are harder to outsource – to boost the U.S. economy.

Last week, he told NPR’s Fresh Air,
“All jobs taking care of America’s children and taking care of
America’s old people and taking care of America’s sick people, by
definition, these are jobs that have to be close to home.”