The Many Futures of Work: Rethinking Expectations - Breaking Molds
This podcast connects many futures of work to the root causes of work inequities for both today and in the foreseeable future. It gives listeners an opportunity to hear fresh solutions from a diverse group of grassroots activists, policymakers, and academics. We cast a wide net to include voices that are not often heard in public discourse about the futures of work. The podcast draws from the book by the same title published in late 2021 by Temple University Press.
Episodes
9 episodes
Preparing for the Future of Work: Understanding the Dynamics from an International Perspective
Today's guest, Karen Maguire, is a Head of Division managing the Local Employment and Economic Development Program at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris. Some occupations are more vulnerable to automation than ot...
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59:41
Intersections and Barriers: Economic Justice and the Futures of Work in Our Hemisphere
This episode addresses the futures of work through the eyes and experiences of two leaders in economic justice, human rights, and Latin American immigration to the U.S.Our two guests are with Alianza Americas, a Chicago-based national n...
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Episode 8
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The Futures of Work and People With Disabilities
Susanne M. Bruyère is Professor of Disability Studies and Director, K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, Cornell University’s premier research, training, and technical assistance resource focusing on dis...
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46:17
Gender and the U. S. Labor Market: Change and Continuity
Ruth Milkman is a sociologist of labor and labor movements who has written on a variety of topics involving work and organized labor in the United States, past and present. Her most recent books are: Immigration Matters, Immigrant Labor a...
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55:49
Structural Racism and Stratification: Understanding Racial Inequality in the American Workforce
In our conversation with Dr. Patrick Mason, professor of economics, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, and Director, African American Studies Program at Florida St...
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Episode 5
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57:28
The Investment Triad and Sustainable Prosperity
Professor William Lazonick, Founder and President of the Academic-Industry Research Network, discusses the investment triad of households - the prime investors in the education of the young, government agencies investing in education as well as...
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48:40
Maximizing stakeholder value as a means towards a just economy
Peter Georgescu, Chair Emeritus of Young & Rubicam, is an outspoken proponent of stakeholder value as the guiding principle for21st Century corporate governance. In the 1980s, free enterprise capitalism was hijacked by the theory and practi...
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Episode 3
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48:42
The Original Gig Economy
Bau Graves, former Executive Director of Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music, and Reggio "the Hoofer" McLaughlin, a 2021 National Heritage Fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts, discuss the life and times of musicians and other perf...
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Episode 2
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