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Economic Democracy Initiative

2023 Keynote Lecture by Mark Paul: Lecture Title: Freedom is Not Enough: The Case for Economic Rights in the US. October 11 at 12 PM Eastern Time.
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The Economic Democracy Initiative (EDI), led by Bard College, is the Open Society University Network's collaborative program focusing on the structural determinants of economic insecurity. Its projects examine the connections between inequality, unemployment and poverty and the policy space and financing capacities of governments to address these challenges. 
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EDI events include Democratizing Work Conference Fall 2021, OSUN Faculty Workshop, a Lecture Series, and Summer School: Summer 2022.
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Explore the EDI Resource Database Tool featuring curated public data, charts, and maps on labor markets, inequality, and related social and economic indicators.
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EDI supports and develops student and faculty programs in three core areas: research, curricular innovation, and engagement. 

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EDI Lecture Series, Working Paper Series, and Data Resource Tools

Our inaugural projects focus on building data resources for research on labor markets and the connections between unemployment, precarious employment, and broader socioeconomic deprivations.
 

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OSUN Summer Workshop

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Public Finance and Economic Policy

Organized and hosted by the OSUN Economic Democracy Initiative, this five-day workshop is for undergraduate students interested in public policy to tackle economic instability and insecurity, and in understanding the financing capacity and policy space available to governments to pursue these aims.

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Unemployment, Inequality, and Economic Policy

EDI Director Pavlina R. Tcherneva and European MP Aurore Lalucq issue a policy brief on a Job Guarantee for Europe.
 

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Upcoming Events

  • 10/11
    Wednesday
    Wednesday, October 11, 2023

    Mark Paul: "Freedom Is Not Enough: The Case for Economic Rights in the US"

    EDI Fall 2023 Keynote Lecture
    Campus Center, Weis Cinema 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
    Mark Paul is an Assistant Professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University and former fellow of the Roosevelt Institute and Data for Progress. His research and writing have appeared in the New York Times, The Economist, Washington Post, The Financial Times, among other publications. He has testified to Congress on numerous occasions, including most recently in March 2023 to House Oversight on President Biden's energy policies and inflation. The Ends of Freedom: Reclaiming America’s Lost Promise of Economic Rights (University of Chicago Press) is his first book. 

    Watch live: bit.ly/edi_markpaul

    Pizza lunch provided!

    12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 Campus Center, Weis Cinema

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