Haas Institute Summer
Brown Bag Lecture Series
June 10
Getting Past Capitalism: History, Vision, Hope
The Haas Institute will host a brown bag based on Cynthia Kaufman's book Getting Past Capitalism: History, Vision, Hope. Prof. Kaufman will share a presentation and engage in dialogue on capitalism as a set of practices, and will show how that understanding can help us know which crucial forms of action to take in order to build just and sustainable economies. She will also present alternatives to capitalism and explore strategies for developing and strengthening those alternatives. 12:00pm - 1:30pm / 460 Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley / Free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible. / Contact Ebonye Gussine Wilkins for more information or questions.
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June 11-12: Seattle, WA
The 2015 Governing for Racial Equity Conference will take place June 11 - 12 in Seattle, WA. This event is a tremendous opportunity for government employees to learn what other jurisdictions are doing to achieve racial equity and eliminate institutional and structural racism, as well as share successes, struggles and wisdom with each other. Learn more about the conference here.
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Promoting Wage Standards
"Everyone who works should not just escape poverty; they should enjoy economic security," wrote Mark Gomez, founder of The Leap Forward Project at the Haas Institute. In a new op-ed on TruthOut.org examining the potential positive impact of the City of Los Angeles passing a $15 minimum wage, Gomez writes about the implications of this new wage standard on the city, and discusses the common misconceptions of what a higher wage standard actually means for the work force and the economy.
In a recent New York Times article, Prof. Michael Reich of UC Berkeley's Institute for Research on Labor and Employment noted that the $15 minimum wage proposal "will bring wages up in a way we haven't seen since the 1960s." The research of Reich, who is a faculty member in the Haas Institute Economic Disparities cluster, was also part of the Haas Institute's policy brief on reducing extreme inequality. One of the six key recommendations was increasing the minimum wage.
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A Tale of Two Wealth Gaps
In this new article on the racial wealth gap, Haas Institute Communications Fellow Sara Grossman highlights different kinds of wealth—the kind of wealth that allows you to merely survive, to pay for basic necessities like food, water, and housing; and transformative wealth, the type of wealth that builds, that can be invested, that can fund college educations and retirement and opportunity for a more prosperous future. Grossman's article builds on dialogues during the recent Color of Wealth Summit in Washington DC. Read the article.
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Research Assistant: Law
Berkeley Law professor john a. powell, also Director of the Haas Institute, is seeking to hire two law student research assistants. RAs may work on research regarding: civil rights and human rights, racial and economic segregation, sexual orientation, religion, disability, gender, housing law, questions pertaining to the 14th Amendment, immigration and citizenship. RAs may assist in legal analysis, legal research, preparation of presentations, conferences and other engagements, writing projects including book chapters, journal articles, and bibliographic reviews. Full job description can be found here. To apply: Send resume, letter of interest (no more than two pages), and writing sample to Alyson Reimer at a.reimer@berkeley.edu.
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