Monday, February 05, 2007

John Kostrzewa | Rhode Island news | projo.com | The Providence Journal-Nonprofits shouldn’t drive R.I. job growth

John Kostrzewa | Rhode Island news | projo.com | The Providence Journal: "Nonprofits, by some analyses, are running neck and neck with tourism as the state’s second-largest employer and ahead of manufacturing, once the state’s biggest industry but now on a steady decline.

There are two ways to look at the expansion of nonprofits.

It’s good news that there are places for people to do worthwhile work that benefits the community. And the growth of nonprofits during the recession earlier this decade certainly stabilized an uneven economy and helped fill job losses.

On the other hand, however, do we really want to build an economy on a service sector that traditionally doesn’t pay as well as technology, financial services or manufacturing?"

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