Read the article by Grant Aldonas, Robert Lawrence, and Matthew Slaughter, available online at hks.harvard.edu/fs/rlawrence/fsf_adjustment_assistance_plan.pdf. Then answer the following questions.

a. What is the name of the new program that these authors propose, and from what three programs in the United State would it combine elements?

b. What is the authors’ specific proposal for wage-loss insurance?

c. What is their specific proposal for health insurance?

d. What is their specific proposal for giving workers access to savings?

e. Would the program they propose depend on a worker losing his or her job because of trade competition or a shift of production facilities overseas?

f. What would their proposed program cost annually, and how does that compare with the annual cost of the Trade Adjustment Assistance program?