NJ Economy Is Underperforming Again: 350,000 Fewer Jobs than Before Pandemic
Posted January 25, 2021
Thanks to the Garden State Initiative (GSI) for keeping en eye on NJ’s employment numbers. Altogether, NJ’s January jobs numbers were not good: NJ’s unemployment rate was 7.6%, almost a full percentage point higher than…
Read MoreRather Than Borrow Money and Invest in Risky Assets to Juice Returns, NJ Should Reform Its Public Pension System
Posted January 22, 2021
We’re going to get a little wonkish here and delve into the mechanics of pensions because NJ’s public pensions are a disaster waiting to happen. At 38%, they are the worst funded public pensions in…
Read MoreNJ’s First Black Rhodes Scholar Speaks Out for Education Equity and Against Powerful Special Interests
Posted January 19, 2021
Randal D. Pinkett, an NJ entrepreneur and Rhodes Scholar, penned an op-ed in the Star-Ledger with some trenchant observations, particularly about NJ’s special-interest-dominated education system. Sunlight excerpted some relevant parts below: ” … [S]everal issues…
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