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...quality and type of food often changes from semester to semester because the community is so small and as the character of the residents changes, so does the food, Rojer added...
Such a targeted type of program has a good shot at doing what it sets out to do. The downside: intervening in the economy in such a precise way is almost by definition not expandable. Cash for Caulkers would give building contractors a boost, but they represent a small slice of the economy. To next help out, say, bakers, policymakers would have to design a brand-new program. Plus, if such a program had an expiration date, we'd feel not just a rise in demand, but a fall later on as well. Car manufacturers and the people who work...
Boost Access to Credit for Growing Businesses Small businesses - or, to be more precise, young businesses - create a disproportionate share of new jobs. To do that, they need to grow, and to do that, they often need access to credit. While the ability of large firms to borrow has pretty much returned to normal, many smaller firms are still struggling to get the money they need from banks. It's a problem that even Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has talked about in recent weeks. The seeming solution: help get small, growing companies loans and the jobs will follow...
...government has already taken a number of steps in this realm, largely through the Small Business Administration. The issue with increasing access to credit, though, is that easy money was one of the main reasons we wound up on the brink of economic calamity in the first place. Taken as a group, new businesses may be job creators, but any sort of average masks the fact that many young companies completely combust. Lending to them is risky, and while it may be desirable to lend more in an attempt to create jobs, there is a flip side to the coin...
...recommends managers analyze how a request will affect objective professional considerations on a series of measures: security, hygiene, performance ability, organization and business interests, as well as the risk of religious employees engaging in proselytizing (or appearing to do so) through their expression of faith. If the impact is small, then a boss should agree to the request. If it's likely to cause a lack of productivity or lead to workplace disputes, then you should probably say no once you've checked labor-law requirements. (Read "Minaret Ban Challenges Tolerant Swiss Image...