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The Long Shadow

The legacy of the Moynihan Report and the limits of postwar liberalism

January 20, 2018 • by Brian Caterino

In Rochester NY, where I live, a recent poverty initiative has been proposed to address some of the most deeply entrenched poverty areas of this country. History casts its long shadow over the understanding of poverty evinced by these initiatives. Short on proposals to empower the community, the reading lists ...

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Imagination and Interpretation

On the dialogue between Cornelius Castoriadis and Paul Ricoeur

January 15, 2018 • by Alexandros Schismenos

On March 9th, 1985, Paul Ricoeur and Cornelius Castoriadis met at the studio of the France Culture "Le Bon Plaisir" radio broadcaster. In 2016, the transcript of their dialogue, their only public debate, was published [1]. This publication is significant not only because it highlights the points of convergence and divergence ...

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The Trump Tax Trap: Can New Yorkers Escape It?

Urban Matters talks with James Parrott

January 13, 2018 • by James Parrott

On Jan. 16th, Governor Andrew Cuomo will present New York State’s proposed budget for the coming fiscal year. Earlier this month, in his State of the State address, he previewed some possible major tax overhauls designed to offset the potentially punishing blows to State finances resulting from the recently passed ...

The Trump Tax Trap: Can New Yorkers Escape It?

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3.2 Million Older Workers Trapped in Unemployment

December 2017 Unemployment Report for Workers Over 55

January 10, 2018 • by Teresa Ghilarducci

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported an unemployment rate of 3.3% for workers age 55 and older for the month of December, an increase of 0.2 percentage points from November. While this headline unemployment rate is still at historic lows, it only counts as unemployed those who actively sought employment in the ...

3.2 Million Older Workers Trapped in Unemployment

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NAFTA’s Long Shadow

Where immigration and economic policy meet

January 9, 2018 • by Sarah McNamara

Congressional Democrats and Republicans regularly play the blame game about why there’s no immigration reform. But each party fails to point the finger at one of the major culprits behind the contemporary immigration waves and this political morass: NAFTA. The signing of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) in the 1990s ...

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State Retirement Reform

Lifting Up Best Practices

December 24, 2017 • by Teresa Ghilarducci

In only six years, from 2011 to 2017: 40 states proposed bipartisan retirement reform to provide private-sector workers retirement coverage; 9 states enacted retirement reform; and 2 states have programs up and running. Since Trump's inauguration, 22 states proposed reform and Vermont signed it into law. In the 9 states that enacted plans, 3.5 ...

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The Republican Tax Bill

How to Murder Higher Education

December 22, 2017 • by Srishti Yadav

Higher education in the US, in general, has a particular structure. Universities have considerable tuition -- often higher than $30,000 per annum. Masters students usually receive some measure of a tuition waiver, and PhD and post-doctoral candidates often receive full or significant tuition waivers along with a stipend. These tuition ...

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From Progressive Neoliberalism to Trump and Beyond

December 21, 2017 • by Nancy Fraser

At first sight, today’s crisis appears to be political. Its most spectacular expression is right here, in the United States: Donald Trump -- his election, his presidency, and the contention surrounding it. But there is no shortage of analogues elsewhere: the UK’s Brexit debacle; the waning legitimacy of the European ...

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Offshoring

Reassessing the Rhetoric of Ineluctability

December 19, 2017 • by Sabine Pitteloud

Such rhetoric explains the increased use of offshoring since the 1990s — and the changes in employment that it has engendered — by referencing the changing economic environment. One decisive change that is almost always mentioned when this is discussed is the increased integration of markets around the world: markets ...

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Why the House and Senate Tax Bills Spell Disaster for Graduate Students

The GOP tax bill will raise the barrier to entry for American graduate education

December 13, 2017 • by Emanuele Citera

Even though the measure enacted by the Senate still has to be reconciled with the House-passed version, the following repercussions are expected to occur. Firstly, the bill will affect charitable giving, which allows colleges and universities to fulfill their teaching, research and public service missions. Currently, the deductions for charitable ...

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The Precarious Economic Lives of Older Women Workers

November 2017 Unemployment Report for Workers Over 55

December 12, 2017 • by Teresa Ghilarducci

Almost half (48%) of older working women without a college degree are working in low-paying jobs - earning less than $15 an hour - compared to 29% of similarly situated men.1Older women without a college degree earn a median hourly wage of $15.50 compared to $18.75 for men. One reason older women work ...

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Debt Comes for Us All

Students protest against the new GOP tax bill

December 11, 2017 • by Amy Osika

A graduate student walks by with a sign that reads: “TAXED OUT OF COLLEGE!” Early on Saturday morning, December 2nd 2017, the Republican Senate passed the new GOP Tax Bill, only days after students from across New York City joined together to protest it. While President Trump states that “people are going to be very, ...