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New Directions in Money, Finance & Public Policy

New Directions in Money, Finance & Public Policy

OSUN Economic Democracy Initiative and Levy Economics Institute welcomed scholars for a two-day, in-person workshop on new research directions in the areas of money, finance, and public policy for intersecting crises, exploring synergies between different research traditions. The event was held at Blithewood on November 3–4, 2023.

Event Program

All sessions were recorded and are available to watch online. 

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The Job Guarantee as a Tool in the Fight Against Poverty

The Job Guarantee as a Tool in the Fight Against Poverty

United Nations Human Rights Council Event

Olivier De Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, experts on poverty and employment policy, as well as leading job guarantee advocates and practitioners unpack the role of the job guarantee in the fight against poverty and the conditions under which it can be successful.

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When Jobs Return: Results from Marienthal's Fight against Unemployment with Lukas Lehner

When Jobs Return: Results from Marienthal's Fight against Unemployment with Lukas Lehner

Research-to-Action Lecture Series


Lukas Lehner, of the Institute for New Economic Thinking at Oxford Martin School, presented the results from a study that evaluates a one-of-a-kind job creation program in Marienthal, Austria. The pilot aims to eliminate long-term unemployment in the municipality and improve participants’ economic and social situation. The program was recently discussed in the New Yorker.
 

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Assessing Global Progress in Advancing the Job Guarantee

Assessing Global Progress in Advancing the Job Guarantee

#DemocratizingWork Global Workshop Series

This panel brings experts and policymakers who are developing or already managing large-scale national employment policies informed by the principles of the job guarantee. There are multi-pronged strategies for securing the right to decent work to all and developing employment-centered economic policies. 

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The mutating virus of global inequality

The mutating virus of global inequality

Jayati Ghosh

Join us for our second Economic Democracy Keynote with scholar Jayati Ghosh, Professor in the Department of Economics at University of Massachusetts- Amherst and Advisor to the United Nations HLAB on Economic and Social Affairs.

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Global Forum on Democratizing Work

Global Forum on Democratizing Work

WORK: DEMOCRATIZE, DECOMMODIFY, REMEDIATE
5–7 October 2021 / Online
Registration opens June 1st

You’re invited to the first-ever Global Forum on Democratizing Work co-sponsored by the OSUN Economic Democracy Initiative.

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William "Sandy" Darity Awarded with Honorary Doctorate

William "Sandy" Darity Awarded with Honorary Doctorate

Bard College 2021

Faculty Sponsor OSUN-EDI Director, Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Bard College has awarded William "Sandy" Darity with an Honorary Doctorate (Spring 2021).

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