recovery

Does regulation kill jobs? New book seeks to answer this question

January 15, 2014

The relationship between regulations and jobs took center stage in the 2012 Presidential election when Republican candidate Governor Mitt Romney argued that the Obama Administration had stifled job growth with too many regulations. President Obama rebutted these...

Bloustein School recipient of two NJ Recovery Fund grants supporting smart Sandy recovery

August 7, 2013

The Bloustein School is the recipient of two New Jersey Recovery Fund grants totaling $450,o00 to pursue smart recovery decisions that will help New Jersey avoid repeating the type of devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy. On August 6, the Fund announced 27 grants to...

NJ League of Municipalities Educational Foundation to present forum on reinventing NJ’s suburban office market

June 26, 2013

New Jersey experienced one of the greatest suburban office building booms in history during the 1980s. Our globally recognized core economic specialization was automobile-dependent suburban office campuses, the nation’s cutting-edge growth model at the time. But,...

Bloustein School, Cushman and Wakefield to host “Future of N.J.’s Suburban Office Campuses,” June 18

June 11, 2013

Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. and the Bloustein School will host “The Future of New Jersey’s Suburban Office Campuses,” a program for regional investors and developers, on Tuesday, June 18. The program will focus on opportunities to create interactive,...

Behind N.J.’s jobless rate: A Q&A with Rutgers economist Joseph Seneca

May 20, 2013

By Jim Namiotka/The Star-Ledger on May 15, 2013 The latest unemployment numbers are due out this week. Throughout the recovery from the Great Recession, New Jersey’s unemployment rate has remained steadily higher than the national unemployment rate, as well as our...

C-Suite Survey results to be revealed at NJ Economic Policy Summit, May 21

May 14, 2013

The sixth annual New Jersey Economic Policy Summit will take place on Tuesday, May 21, at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The event will bring together key New Jersey stakeholders to review...

New Rutgers report examines nation’s slow private sector employment recovery

April 10, 2013

A new Rutgers Regional Report, “Inching Our Way Back: The Nation’s Tepid Employment Recovery,” authored by James W. Hughes, dean of Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, and Joseph J. Seneca, university professor and economist...

Bloustein alumnus Auciello MCRP ’05 is recipient of Young Altruistic Professional award

March 22, 2013

On Wednesday, March 20 Bloustein alumnus Justin Auciello MCRP ’05 was honored by the United Way of Ocean County as one of 26 recipients of the Young Altruistic Professional (YAP) award. The United Way of Ocean County has presented YAP awards to individuals age 18-39...

Newark’s rise, recovery over the last century to be discussed at spring Bloustein Memorial Lecture, April 25

March 15, 2013

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Bloustein studio to assist planning Sea Bright’s future

February 7, 2013

The small community of Sea Bright, NJ — along with many other communities throughout the Northeast United States — was devastated by Sandy. This spring Bloustein lecturers Carlos Rodrigues and Michael Yaffe will lead a graduate planning studio centered around Sea...