[URPE] Come to Washington DC, Oct. 1st for an Import jobs conference, the day before the big peace, jobs and justice march

[Sheila Collins]

Jobs and the Future of the US Economy: Possibilities and Limits

 

Date: Oct 1, 2010

Location: HOWARD UNIVERSITY

Armour J. Blackburn University Center

Room: Hilltop Terrace

 

Washington, DC 20059

Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

 

 The US economy is in the midst of the greatest jobs crisis since the Great
Depression. But this crisis is more than a short run phenomenon. For many
decades we have experienced a long-term failure to generate jobs for all. A
fundamental restructuring of the US economy is essential to overcome both
the crisis and reverse the long term failure to generate jobs.  

 

A number of proposals have been offered to make jobs a central priority of
US economic policy. Our purpose in calling this conference is to bring
together the proponents of these various programs, to discuss their
similarities and differences, and develop a strategic perspective on how to
proceed. 

 

We invite all who wish to contribute and further this effort to participate.


 

Current sponsors include: the Howard University Economics Department, the
Chicago Political Economy Group, the National Jobs for All Coalition, the
Center for Full Employment and Price Stability, the Center for Economic and
Policy Research, and the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability.

 

At registration a donation of $20 will be requested to cover expenses and
lunch.  Fee is waived for Howard students.

 

Program:

 

Registration: 9-9:30.

 

Welcome: 9:30-9:45

        

Welcome          Howard University Representative

 

Morning Session I:  Jobs Proposal Presentations: 9:45-12:15

 

Introduction and Moderator:      Haydar Kurban, Howard University

 

Ron Baiman                Chicago Political Economy Group, and Center for
Tax and Budget Accountability; 

Joshua Bivens            Economic Policy Institute,

Mathew Forstater       Center for Full Employment and Price Stability, and
University of Missouri, Kansas City 

Darrick Hamilton         New School for Management and Urban Policy, and
Center for Economic Policy Analysis;

Philip Harvey              National Jobs for All Coalition, and Rutgers
University Law School, Camden

John Schmitt               Center for Economic and Policy Research, 

Jeffrey Thompson       Political Economic Research Institute, and University
of Massachusetts, Amherst. 

 

Morning Session II: Summary and Discussion of Similarities and Differences
of Jobs Programs: 12:30 - 1:30

 

Chair and Discussant:             Charles Betsey, Howard University

Discussants:                            Heather Boushey, Center for American
Progress

Helen Ginsburg, National Jobs for All Coalition, and Brooklyn College


                                                Michael Golash, Amalgamated
Transit Union, Washington DC 

        

The morning panelists and attendees will engage in a facilitated discussion
and exchange.

 

Lunch Break: 1:45 - 2:45  

 

Afternoon Session: Strategic and Political Considerations 3:00-4:45   

 

Panelists (Institutional affiliation for identification only):

 

Moderator: Aisha Thompson, Howard University

 

Trudy Goldberg -         National Jobs for All Coalition and Adelphi
University

Rodney Green -          Howard University 

Elce Redmond -         South Austin Coalition, Chicago

Mel Rothenberg -         Chicago Political Economy Group, and University of
Chicago

 

For further information contact: hkurban at howard.edu   

 

Prof. Sheila Collins

Department of Political Science

William Paterson University

 

 

 

 

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