Ajamu Baraka on Jobs

Jobs agenda is meaningless in context of globalization

Obama and the Democrats understand and accept that the contemporary logic of global neoliberalism means that the U.S. economy is being restructured and that millions of workers are being shifted into low-wage service sector jobs, for those lucky enough to be employed. Low wages, unequal regional economic development, extreme income inequality, disproportionately high unemployment rates for African Americans, are all a structurally determined consequence of neoliberal social policies, and liberals understand this.