On Friday, we learned the economy lost 20,000 jobs in January and a million more than previously thought throughout the current downturn. However, the overall jobless rate fell to 9.7 percent. Are we on the right track? Will we see sustainable job growth in the months ahead? What are employers worried about? And what is the key to long-term job growth? We ask Diana Furchtgott-Roth, chief economist for the Department of Labor in the George W. Bush administration. She is now director of the Center for Employment Policy at the Hudson Institute.
