Layoffs

Guest Host:

Susan Page
Layoffs

Unemployment remains relatively low, but this year's layoffs have raised eyebrows for a variety of reasons. A panel talks about how new management approaches and economic globalization are affecting American workers.

Unemployment remains relatively low, but this year's layoffs have raised eyebrows for a variety of reasons. A panel talks about how new management approaches and economic globalization are affecting American workers.

Guests

Peter Cappelli

professor of management and director of the Center for Human Resources at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Dean Baker

co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and author of "Plunder & Blunder the Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy" (PoliPointPress)

Rick McDonald

of Right Management Consultants

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