Archive: Unemployment
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WCP: Real Government Help for Working-Class People
n the wake of the Great Recession, many analysists have come to praise current unemployment statistics, but unemployment numbers do not represent underemployment. In this week’s Working-Class Perspectives, Michelle M Tokarczyk argues for the creation of a federal jobs program designed to place recent college graduates, especially graduates from working-class communities, into jobs that reflect their education.
Category: Visiting Scholars
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SCOTT: Equalize Employment Process
Amanda L. Scott is an Alabama native, D.C. transplant, civil rights paralegal in the Georgetown University Class of 2019. I almost missed out on my dream job because of $400 in medical debt. After
Categories: Articles, Student Leaders
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WCP: Universal Basic Income: A “Social Vaccine” for Technological Displacement?
Take it from someone who witnessed the severe impact of deindustrialization on working-class Americans: lofty rhetoric and grand promises cannot disguise the massive economic displacement that will
Category: Visiting Scholars
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Kalmanovitz Initiative Hosts Discussion on Women, Work, and Globalization
The Kalmanovitz Initiative was honored to host a panel discussion among four of Georgetown’s most esteemed faculty members about the experiences of working women whose lives are impacted by globalization. After a brief introduction by KI’s Executive Director Dr. Joseph A. McCartin, each scholar presented on their research and shared stories from their respective field work.
Categories: Events, Uncategorized, Visiting Scholars