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Global Forum on Democratizing Work

October 5-7th, 2021 // Online
Videos for our co-curated sessions at the Global Forum are linked below.
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Day 1: October 5th, 2021

4:00 - 5:00 AM — 05P05 — Reconceptualising Banking, Democratising Money
Phil Armstrong (York College, UK), Andrew Berkeley (The Gower Institute for Modern Money Studies), Randeep Ramesh (The Guardian), Mike Hall


11:00 AM - 1:30 PM — Keynote address and plenary
Keynote: Anthony Kwame Appiah (New York University)

Plenary: Arzu Çerkezoğlu (President of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DISK)), Iñigo Albizuri Landazabal (Global Head of Public Affairs, Mondragon Corporation), and Elizabeth Anderson (University of Michigan). Chaired by Imge Kaya Sabanci (IE Business School, Madrid)


2:00 - 3:00 PM — 06P19 — Democratic Economic Planning (Book Discussion)
Robin Hahnel (The Participatory Economy Project), Anders Sandström (The Participatory Economy Project), Joona-Hermanni Mäkinen (The Participatory Economy Project), Fintan Bradshaw (The Participatory Economy Project)


3:00 - 4:00 PM — 05S02 — Designing the Market: Workers, Concentration, and Big Tech
Sanjukta Paul (Wayne State University), Rohan Grey (Willamette University), Raúl Carrillo (Yale University), Dani Rodrik (Harvard University)


3:00 - 4:00 PM — 05P47 — An Introduction to Participatory Economics
Peter Bohmer (Evergreen State University), Joona-Hermanni Mäkinen (Parecon Finland), Fintan Bradshaw (The Participatory Economy Project)
 

Day 2: October 6th, 2021

6:00 - 7:00 AM — 06P36 — The Job Guarantee as a Key Tool to Decommodify Labor in Europe and the UK
David Merrill (University of Hertfordshire), Patricia Pino (Kings College London), Dirk Ehnts (Pufendorf Society for Political Economy Berlin), Cameron Archibald (Modern Money Scotland), Kairin van Sweeden (Modern Money Scotland; Scotonomics)


7:00 - 8:00 AM — 06P40 — Sur la dépendance économique, l'emploi et le pouvoir des travailleurs (Français)
Marbrouka Mbarek (University of Massachussetts), Ivan Inverezzi (MMT France), Razmi Kebaïli


7:30 - 9:00 AM — 06P01 — Empleo Garantizado: Oportunidades Y Posibilidades En España Y América Latina (Español)
Esteban Cruz Hildago (Universidad de Extremadura), Patricia Pino (The MMT Podcast), Agustín Mario (Universidad de Moreno), Miriam Álamo Rodríguez (Red MMT España)


9:30 - 11:00 AM — 06S05 — The Job Guarantee: Perspectives From the Global North and South
Lara Merling (ITUC), Fadhel Kaboub (Denison University), Laurent Grandguillaume (University of Corsica), Lukas Lehner (Oxford University)


9:30 - 11:00 AM — 06P41 — Full Employment and a Job Guarantee
Philip Harvey (Rutgers University), Charles Bell (Consumer Reports), Noreen Connell (Former Exec. Dir. Educational Priorities Panel, NY State; former Pres. of NOW, NY State; former Assist. Commissioner, NY State Dept. of Labor), Gertrude Goldberg (Adelphi University; Chair, National Jobs For All Coalition), Gregory N. Heires (Former Sr. Assoc. Editor, Public Press, DC 37, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, New York City), Logan Martinez (National Jobs For All Coalition), Bich Ha Pham (Former Dire. of Public Policy, New York City Public Advocate’s Office), Frank Stricker (California State University, Dominguez Hills), Stephen Monroe Tomczak (Southern Connecticut State University)


11:00 AM - 1:30 PM — Keynote address and plenary
Keynote: Jayati Ghosh (University of Massachusetts-Amherst, United Nations High-Level Advisory Board on Economic, Social Affairs)

Plenary: Aurore Lalucq MEP (Member of the European Parliament), Jean Drèze (Ranchi University & Delhi School of Economics), and Ndongo Samba Sylla (Rosa Luxemburg Foundation). Chaired by Pavlina R. Tcherneva (OSUN-Economic Democracy Initiative & Bard College).


1:45 - 2:45 PM — 06S04 — The Job Guarantee and Unions in the United States
Sara Nelson (Association of Flight Attendants, AFL-CIO), U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (U.S. Congresswoman New Jersey-12th District), Damon Silvers (AFL-CIO), Liz Medina (Vermont State Labor Council, AFL-CIO)


1:45 - 2:45 PM — 06S02 — Which Forms of Work Do We Need To Decommodify Most Urgently and Why?
June Carbone (University of Minnesota Law School), Debra Satz (Stanford University), Myrtle Witbooi (General Secretary, South African Domestic Service and Allied Workers Federation), Robin Varghese (Open Society Foundation)


1:45 - 2:45 PM — 06P18 — Co-ops, Job Guarantee, Universal Basic Income in Finland, India and the US
Shakuntala Das (State University of New York, Potsdam), Antti Jauhiainen (Parecon Finland), Peter Bohmer (Evergreen State University)


3:00 - 4:30 PM — 06P27 — Participation, Care, and the Right to Decent Work
Zdravka Todorova (Wright State University), Scott Ferguson (University of South Florida), Alexander Kolokotronis (Yale University), Charles Whalen (Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, University at Buffalo)


3:00 - 4:30 PM — 06P42 — A Recurring Demand of the Civil Rights Movement — Jobs for All!
Rev. Willie Francois (Pastor, Mount Zion Baptist Church; Pleasantville, New Jersey), Richard Dien Winfield (University of Georgia), Steven Grumbine (Real Progressives), Daniel Carpenter (Harvard University)


3:00 - 4:30 PM — 06P35 — The Case for a National Job Guarantee in Brazil
Isabela Callegari (Brazilian Institute for Fiscal Justice), Caio Vilella (Institute for Functional Finance and Development), Samuel Braun (Institute for Functional Finance and Development), Simone Deos (Institute of Economics, Unicamp), Daniel Conceição (Institute for Functional Finance and Development)


3:30 - 5:00 PM — 06P14 — Empleo En Costa Rica Después De Tres Décadas De Ajuste Estructural: Diagnóstico Y Posibles Alternativas (Spanish)
Mauricio Gutierrez, Luis Paulino Vargas, Dany Alberto Villalobos, Montserrat Ruiz


4:30 - 6:00 PM — 06P26 — The Right to Employment: Pursuing Racial and Social Justice
Sarah Treuhaft (PolicyLink), David Stein (University of California, Los Angeles), Alan Aja (Brooklyn College)


4:30 - 6:00 PM — 06P30 — The Right to a Job: Lessons of the Past to Secure a Job Guarantee Today
Jonathan Crock (George Washington University), Natan Last (Columbia University), Steven Attewell (CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies)


6:15 - 7:45 PM — 06P29 — The Job Guarantee and the Homes Guarantee
Tara Raghuveer (Kansas City Tenants, People's Action), Daniel Aldana Cohen (University of California, Berkeley), Ashley Burke (Georgetown University), Jordan Ayala (OSUN Economic Democracy Initiative)


6:15 - 7:45 PM — 06P34 — Full Employment Society in New York City
Andrés Bernal (Public Money Action), Rebecca Lurie (Community and Worker Ownership Project at the City University of New York), Michael Menser (Brooklyn College & Participatory Budgeting Project)

Day 3: October 7th, 2021

2:00 - 3:00 AM — 07P12 — Green Job Guarantee: Campaigning for a Sustainable Job Guarantee in Australia
Cassy O’Connor MP (Member of Australian Parliament, Leader of the Australian Greens in Tasmania), Heather Holmes-Ross (Modern Money Lab & University of Adelaide), Desiree Cai (The Tomorrow Movement), Steven Hail (Modern Money Lab & University of Adelaide)


8:45 - 10:15 AM — 07P01 — Democratic Planning and the Environment
Mitchell Szczepanczyk (OpenMarkets), Robin Hahnel (The Participatory Economy Project), Antti Jauhiainen (Parecon Finland)


9:15 - 10:45 AM — 07P20 — Public Money, Work, and the Green New Deal
Daniela Gabor (University of the West of England, Bristol), Noel Healy (Salem State University), David Freund (University of Maryland)


11:00 AM - 1:30 PM — Keynote and plenary
Keynote: Tatiana Ribeiro (Federal University of Ouro Preto (Brazil), Member of the Latin American Democratic Constitutionalism Network, Coordinator of the Socioenvironmental Studies and Research Group)

Plenary: Kate Aronoff (The New Republic), Kristina Touzenis (BST Impact & Head of the Geneva Chapter of Women in Sustainable Finance), A. Erinç Yeldan (Kadir Has University (Turkey), Member-Elect of the Science Academy). Chair: Lisa Herzog (University of Groningen).


1:45 - 2:45 PM — 07S01 — From Crisis to Justice: A Global Green New Deal
Yeva Nersisyan (Franklin & Marshall University), Jason Hickel (Royal Society of Arts, UK), Evan Weber (Sunrise Movement). Chair: Mathew Forstater (University of Missouri - Kansas City, Global Insitute for Sustainable Prosperity)


2:45 - 4:15 PM — 07P02 — Cutting Carbon and Investing Green: What Will It Take?
Robin Hahnel (The Participatory Economy Project), Eric Tymoigne (Lewis & Clark College), Peter Dorman (Evergreen State University), Thomas Stölner (Parents for Future Baden; Austria)

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