October 3, 2018
We need more and better ideas that have the potential to grow the middle class.
Thomas Kalil in "A Moonshot to Address Wage Stagnation"
This Q&A article on Getting Smart includes a conversation with Maria Flynn, president and CEO of JFF, and Tom Kalil, chief innovation officer of Schmidt Futures about supporting innovation and the $1 Billion Wage Gain Challenge, a call for ideas that will increase the incomes of working Americans by at least $1 billion by 2021.
Wages for the average US worker have barely budged in 40 years. For many people, this means massive debt. For others, it means real hunger. And for millions of Americans, it means doing without basic…
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Wage stagnation—flatlining and falling wages of low- and middle-income workers over the past 40 years—is a national crisis. Wage stagnation—flatlining and falling wages of low- and middle-income workers over the past 40 years—is a national…