[URPE] [NYC] CEPA Inequality Conference Program: April 13, 2007

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Realistic Growth Policy for Our Times: A Conference in Memory of David
Gordon

April 13, 2007 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Lang Student Center at 55 West 13 Street
Registration is Required

In remembering David Gordon, the late founder of SCEPA (then CEPA) and
New School Professor of Economics, this conference will explore an
issue
that was important to him, and remains relevant today--the
relationship
between income distribution and economic growth. The aim is to promote
a
lively dialogue between scholars focused on labor market regulation,
industrial relations and corporate governance, and political and
cultural institutions, with scholars of economic growth who see
institutions and income distribution as central to their analysis. The
hope is to further our understanding of progressive and
growth-promoting
policies in today's economic climate.

Reservations are required. Please RSVP to cepa at newschool.edu or call
212-229-5901 x4911.

Draft Program (subject to change)

9:30 a.m.  Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Jeff Madrick, SCEPA and editor of Challenge Magazine

10:00 a.m.  Keynote Address: Unsettled Issues in the Rise of American
Inequality
Robert Gordon, Northwestern University

11:00 a.m.  Panel I:  Demand-led Policies for Growth: What Theory
Tells
Us
Lance Taylor, SCEPA and the New School for Social Research
Servaas Storm, Delft University of Technology
"Growth, Distribution and Technological Change: Understanding the Role
of Industrial Relations"
Pascal Petit, CEPREMAP

12:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. Panel II:  Missing Foundations for Growth: A Roundtable
Discussion
Michael Piore, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michael Reich, University of California at Berkeley
Edward Wolff, New York University and The Levy Economics Institute
"Stagnating Wages and Rising Profits: Causes and Consequences"

3:00 p.m. Panel III:  Inequality and the American Economy: David
Gordon’s Legacy
Robert Pollin, University of Massachusetts and PERI
"Targeting Decent Employment as a Policy Goal:  Micro Policy, Macro
Policy, and Making it Happen"
David Howell , Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy
"Globalization and the Demise of the Welfare State: Ten Years After"
Mark Levitan, Community Service Society of New York
" Poverty in New York City: The Role of Income Growth, Earnings
Inequality, and Demographic Change"
Ron Blackwell, AFL-CIO

4:30 p.m. Conference Closes

For up to date information visit:
http://newschool.edu/cepa/conferences/index.htm


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