Details

Where:
The Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue
C200: Proshansky Auditorium

When:
March 06, 2019: 6:30 PM

Contact Info:
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/publicprograms

Admission:
Free, Reservations Required

Sponsor:
Public Programs

Reservations:
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Description

In this time of low unemployment, why is it so hard for American workers to make a living? Why haven’t the economy’s gains of the recent past meant higher wages for everyone? A panel of experts examines the power, or weakness, of the American worker—looking at factors such as features of U.S. markets, technology, globalization, gendered wage patterns, and the decline of unions. Featuring Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize–winning economist, New York Times columnist, and distinguished professor at The Graduate Center; Heidi Shierholz, senior economist and director of policy at The Economic Policy Institute; Arindrajit Dube, professor of economics at UMass Amherst; and others.

Presented with the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality.