*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management** * Title:* *In Shovels, a Remedy for Jobs and Growth Date: Feb. 12, 2013 Source: New York Times Author: Eduardo Porter

*Summary: *The budget deficit in 2013 is expected to fall below $1 trillion for the first time in five years. Perhaps policy makers in Washington can now focus on the other $1 trillion deficit, one that gets next to no attention yet is much more threatening to the well-being of American families: our sluggish economic growth.

*Link*: http://nyti.ms/X38yUI