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Fishkind Commentaries: More Public/Private Partnerships Will Create Jobs

Nov. 29, 2011 | WMFE - Recent figures show Florida's unemployment rate is still stuck at about 10 percent. This week, a panel including Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and former US Senator Mel Martinez will meet in Orlando to discuss possible solutions to the jobs crisis.

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Our regular Tuesday morning commentator economist Hank Fishkind will also sit on that panel. He says one of the best ways out of the unemployment quagmire is through joint publicly and privately funded infrastructure projects.
90.7’s Tom Parkinson asked him to explain why.