Seminars

Meeting Schedule

10/11/2022	Faculty House, Columbia University 7:15 PM	TBD ,

11/15/2022	Faculty House, Columbia University 7:15 PM	TBD ,

02/07/2023	Faculty House, Columbia University 7:15 PM	The State of New York Unions in 2022: Recent Trends in Union Membership, Activity, and Bargaining Gregory DeFreitas, Hofstra University Abstract Abstract The recent historic union victories at Amazon, Apple, and Starbucks have raised the prospect of a possible resurgence of U.S. labor organizing. Nowhere is this trend more apparent than in the New York Metro Area, site of some of the first-ever union election wins at large retail and new media firms. Is this growing activism actually translating into greater union strength? Join us for a discussion of a new report with the latest findings on current union membership trends nationwide and detailed analysis of unionization in New York City and its suburbs.

04/04/2023	Faculty House, Columbia University 7:15 PM	The Ends of Freedom: Reclaiming America's Lost Promise of Economic Rights Mark Paul, Rutgers University Abstract Abstract Since the Founding, Americans have debated the true meaning of freedom. For some, freedom meant the provision of life’s necessities, those basic conditions for the “pursuit of happiness.” For others, freedom meant the civil and political rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights and unfettered access to the marketplace—nothing more. The latter interpretation—thanks in large part to a particularly influential cadre of economists—has all but won out among policymakers, with dire repercussions for American society: rampant inequality, endemic poverty, and an economy built to benefit the few at the expense of the many.

05/01/2023	Faculty House, Columbia University 7:15 PM	TBD ,