Working Families and the Economy | The New School for Public Engagement

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Against the Falling Tide: Working Families and the Economy

The Center for New York City Affairs and the Milano School of International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy present:

The Fifth Annual Henry Cohen Lecture

Featuring Jared Bernstein, senior fellow, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities and former executive director of the White House Task Force on the Middle Class.

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As the impact of recession lingers, low-income and working-class Americans struggle against the economic tide. Wages are declining and employment is stagnant. The upcoming 2012 elections only add to the uncertainty. What are the economic prospects for working families in New York and around the country? An insider's experience of White House strategy and policy debates helps us make sense of the last two years, the coming 12 months, and beyond.

The lecture will be followed by a discussion with professors Dorian Warren of Columbia University/SIPA and Jeff Smith of Milano/The New School, and others.

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Established in 2006, The Henry Cohen Lecture focuses on public policy challenges and solutions for women, children, and families, particularly in impoverished urban settings. The Henry Cohen Professorship, which focuses on these same issues, is an endowed Chair. The Lecture and Professorship are named after the founding dean of both the Center and the Milano School, who served from 1965 to 1983.

Location: Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall.
11/30/2011 6:00 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.

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[Bobby Vaught]

(part 2) I was trying to think of an analogy and the only thing I could come with is... this is roughly like wondering why ppl still aren't eating spoiled cottage cheese despite that we threw some seasonings on it. A person could pro-actively try to be that dumb and wouldn't be able to accomplish the feat. Oh, his initials were J.B. Go figure. Uh.. Einstein... if you only marginally cut exorbitantly high tax rates, you still lose tax base. The cottage cheese is still spoiled.

[Marko Kraguljac]

What other kinds of families there are or are possible within this barbaric paradigm we live in? Why using euphemism for ignorant, unprivileged slaves? If on the other hand we only say "families and the economy" it sounds righty :) doesnt it? Yes, we are stuck in a fake "left-right", "deserves-not deserves" paradigm justified and serviced by incompetent and cowardly intelligentsia.