Review & Outlook: How to Keep Workers Unemployed - WSJ.com
Martin Feldstein's suggestion, given at the end of the article, would be a great substitute. It's downside is that it takes power from the state. So it wont happen.
More at the source.Maybe it's time to consider whether the big expansion of unemployment insurance has increased joblessness. In 2009 the Obama Administration and Congress extended jobless benefits for up to 99 weeks. The point was to help people through the recession, but now the jobless rate is 7%, down from 10%, and the White House still wants another extension.
Martin Feldstein's suggestion, given at the end of the article, would be a great substitute. It's downside is that it takes power from the state. So it wont happen.