Though the pandemic posed challenges, the Political Economy Project hosted informal reading groups in both the Spring and Summer of 2020, all meeting remotely by Zoom.
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Karl Widerquist (Georgetown-Qatar) and Oren Cass (Manhattan Institute) debate the merits of a guaranteed universal basic income in Filene Hall on Oct. 30. The debate was moderated by Charles Wheelan (Senior Lecturer and Policy Fellow, Rockefeller Center).
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Tamar Jacoby, President of Opportunity America, discusses the future prospects of work for middle-skill workers in an age of artificial intelligence. The event, sponsored by the Political Economy Project, took place in Rocky 1 on Oct. 21 at 4:30 pm.
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Robert Kuttner (Co-founder, The American Prospect, and Brandeis University) discussed his recent book Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism? at a PEP-sponsored event in Rocky 1 on Oct. 15, 2019.
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Adam Gopnik, award-winning essayist for The New Yorker magazine, discussed the meaning of "liberalism" at a PEP talk on Oct. 7, 2019.
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