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How shifts in company culture has contributed to the contractor economy:

"...companies today view more and more of the labor it takes to produce their goods and services as akin to staplers: something to be procured at the time and place needed for the lowest price possible."

To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider the Janitors at Two Top Companies, Then and Now Focusing on core competence and outsourcing the rest has made U.S. companies lean, nimble and productive. It has also left lots of people worse off.

To Harvard grad students,

SAPSI is looking for members to help organize the 3rd annual Conference on Poverty and Inequality at HKS (aka “PovCon”).

This student-run conference, to be held in spring 2018, serves as a platform for discussing issues, policy, and community activism relating to social and economic inequality in the United States. With an array of renowned experts and seasoned practitioners, it is a multidisciplinary forum for innovative strategies and concrete solutions. (To get a sense, check out this past year’s programming: http://sapsiconference.wixsite.com/povertyconference).

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to meet other likeminded students, personally engage with experts and policymakers, and take part in the conversation around what is arguably the most critical issue of our time. If you’d like more information or are interested in joining the steering committee, please fill out this interest form: https://goo.gl/forms/5Kzu8UEauK3PdTs93.

PovCon Steering Committee Thanks for your interest in helping with the Conference on Poverty and Inequality! Please fill out the information below, and we will be in touch.

Hi Folks, the Systemic Justice Conference will be held this upcoming weekend from April 7-April 9. Registration is FREE. Overview below.
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Over the last decade, the U.S. has been confronted with repeated reminders that our systems are failing. From growing wealth and racial inequalities to climate change and environmental degradation, and from economic and criminal-justice crises to a deeply dysfunctional political system, there is ample evidence that our systems are broken. This year’s Systemic Justice Conference (Friday, April 7 - Sunday, April 9, Pound Hall, Harvard Law School) will highlight some of the resultant systemic injustices in an effort to suggest some potential repairs.

Systemic Justice Conference Over the last decade, the U.S. has been confronted with repeated reminders that our systems are failing. From growing wealth and racial inequalities to climate change and environmental degradation, and from economic and criminal-justice crises to a deeply dysfunctional political system, there is amp...

Great event hosted by the Joint Center for Housing Studies tonight at 6pm. Follow the link below for details.

Housing and Policy in an Aging World (Event of the Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University) Ann Forsyth, Professor of Urban Planning, Harvard Graduate School of Design; and Principal Investigator, Health and Places Initiative (HAPI)

Mayor Walsh will be delivering 17th Annual John T. Dunlop Lecture on housing policy (Monday, March 20 - 6:30pm at HGSD). The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Follow the link below to learn more/register.

17th Annual John T. Dunlop Lecture with Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh (Event of the Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University) has made his mark in Boston and, increasingly, on the national stage as well. A former leader of Boston's construction trade unions who also served as a state representative, Walsh has made housing and community development central to his efforts to ensure that Boston is a "thriving, healthy, and in...

Just 4 more days to get early bird student tickets for the 2017 Conference on Poverty & Inequality at the Harvard Kennedy School!

Visit our website to get tickets and learn more about the conference!
http://sapsiconference.wixsite.com/povertyconference/registration

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Mark your calendars! The second annual student-run Conference on Poverty and Inequality at the Harvard Kennedy School will be held on Saturday, February 25!

Visit our website to register and learn more about the program and speakers: http://sapsiconference.wixsite.com/povertyconference

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Mark your calendars for Monday, January 30, 2017 (5:30pm to 7:00pm). The Joint Center for Housing Studies will be hosting an event on housing policy in the Trump Era. Speakers include:

-Joseph A. Curtatone, Mayor of the City of Somerville, MA
-Chrystal Kornegay, Undersecretary of the MA Department of Housing and Community Development
-Henry Korman, Partner at Klein Hornig LLP, focused on housing and civil rights
-Chris Herbert, JCHS Managing Director

Location: Harvard Kennedy School (Belfer Building, Starr Auditorium)

On the Home Front: State and Local Housing Policies in the Trump Era (Event of the Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University) Joseph A. Curtatone, Mayor of the City of Somerville, MAChrystal Kornegay, Undersecretary of the MA Department of Housing and Community DevelopmentHenry Korman, Partner at Klein Hornig LLP, focused on housing and civil rightsChris Herbert, JCHS Managing Director (moderator)

CBO reports that the proposed repeal of the ACA could have sweeping consequences for access to health insurance in the US. Following a repeal, the number of uninsured could increase by 32 million over the next decade.

Full Report Available Here: https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52371

18 million would lose insurance in first year of Obamacare repeal without replacement, CBO report says The number of people without insurance would grow to about 32 million within the first decade if Republicans follow a 2015 plan to repeal Obamacare without a replacement, the new report says.

Recent piece by The Brookings Institution's Ron Haskins on work and poverty.

Helping Work Reduce Poverty > Publications > National Affairs The problem of poverty in America has been an intractable one, despite nearly a century of public programs attempting to alleviate it. The government spends $1 trillion a year at the federal, state, and local levels, and yet 21% of children under the age of 18 live in families with incomes below the...

The latest from Picketty, Saez, and Zucman on the growth of inequality in the US.

The full paper is available here: http://equitablegrowth.org/working-papers/distributional-national-accounts/

Nine New Findings About Inequality in the United States In a paper published last week, Piketty, Saez and Zucman expand their earlier work on income inequality, examining how taxes and government spending affect income inequality.

Fascinating new study published just last week on declining mobility and the role inequality plays in this decline.

On the new Chetty-bomb that only half of Americans are better off than their parents | Brookings Institution Another Chetty-bomb just exploded in the mobility debate. Writing with David Grusky, Maximilian Hell, Nathaniel Hendren, Robert Manduca, and Jimmy Narang, Professor Raj Chetty has just produced a s…