Date:
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Location:
Memorial Hall
The Conference on Political and Economic Inequality
Featuring Ellen Goodman, Dean Baker, & Kathy Stein
Free and open to the public.
Schedule of events:
Thursday March 27
7:30 Memorial Hall
Ellen Goodman, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist lecture: “Inequality: Working Moms, Designated Daughters, and the Risks of Caregiving”
Friday March 28
Worsham Theater, Student Center
9:30-10:15 a.m. Prof. Ron Eller, UK: Inequality in Appalachia (with attention to racial issues)
10:15-10:30 Comment: Jamie Lucke, Lexington Herald Leader
10:30-11:15 Prof. Bruce Laurie, UMass Emeritus, The Decline of Unions and the Rise of Inequality
11:15-11:30 Comment –Mike Matuszak, Former Secretary-Treasurer, Local 227 United Food and Commercial Workers of America
Noon-1:30 pm Lunch
1:30-2:15: Prof. David Courtwright, University of North Florida: The Culture War and the Rise of Inequality
2:15-2:30 Comment: Hon. Kathy Stein, Family Court Judge
3:15-4:00 Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research: Inequality, Causes, Consequences
4:00-4:30 Q & A and Remarks by Participants
7:00—Dinner
Questions? contact Ron Formisano, History, University of Kentucky rform2@email.uky.edu
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