How are job seekers—particularly workers facing challenges in the labor market—assets that can drive innovation and build employers’ competitiveness?

On November 12, Cliff Rosenthal, former CEO of National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (now: Inclusiv), cofounder of the CDFI Coalition, recipient of the 2008 lifetime achievement Gramlich Award for Responsible Finance, and trained historian,

OFN’s newest report, CDFI Loan Fund Compensation and Benefits Survey, is an invaluable resource that can help CDFIs recruit, reward, and retain high-quality employees.

This week, the Federal Reserve Banks in collaboration released the 2016 Small Business Credit Survey: Report on Employer Firms, which provides timely information on small business financing needs, decisions, and outcomes.

The following is a book review by Michael Swack, Professor of Economics at the University of New Hampshire, where he has appointments at the Carsey School of Public Policy and at the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics.