How to Train a Worker
Government can’t do it alone. Companies won’t do it alone. But together?
People sometimes talk about education as though it’s something that ends. High schools, colleges, grad schools: They commence, they conclude, and then you just work.
But in an economy in which automation and globalization are rapidly changing and even eliminating certain jobs, American workers and companies might come to see education not as a life-stage, but as a way of living.
The need for ongoing education is clear from the recent experience of America’s manufacturing sector. Between 2000. Many of these lost jobs were concentrated in Rust Belt areas that . When 's Alana Semuels ways for Democrats to help the Rust Belt economy, she reported that almost every economist she spoke with mentioned the same thing: worker training program.
