Jordan Weissmann: Questions potential issues of ideas for DC’s struggling economy

Jordan Weissmann: Questions potential issues of ideas for DC’s struggling economy
Policy risks for DC’s economy

Jordan Weissmann raises concerns about possible challenges surrounding new ideas for Washington, DC’s troubled economy.

He expresses interest in considering what other policy proposals might be problematic under the city’s current economic conditions.

Weissmann recently compared Washington, DC’s 5.4 percent job decline with a larger 6.2 percent employment loss during the 2007 to 2009 period in a previous analysis. He has also examined how expanding retirement benefits can transfer resources from younger workers and families to older generations, according to a separate report. These themes have shaped ongoing discussions of economic policy options for the city.

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