Professor of Sociology at Boston College, TED talk The Case for the Four Day Week, https://www.ted.com/talks/juliet_schor_the_case_for_a_4_day_work_week?subtitle=en global research on #4DayWeek, author of After the Gig Boston, MA Born November 9, 1955
And finally, shouldn't decent housing be a human right? It is, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Let's make it real. We've been waiting about 75 years. This one is great.
isaacHere's the proposal from @aldasky.bsky.social, Maddison Wells, and myself on how we can eliminate housing and energy insecurity immediately for millions of people while also driving deep residential decarbonization for the climate. It's win-win-win policy for people, planet, and faith in government.
A great proposal by @moira.bsky.social Birss about how to deal with the climate-induced insurance crisis. The latest from @gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social
Moira BirssClimate change-fueled disasters threaten the safety of our homes & insurance provides a financial safety net to help us recover. But current insurance systems are failing, leaving households high (& not dry). What can the federal government do? I've got a proposal: peri.umass.edu/publication/...
Curbing out of control militarism, and more...
Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working AmericaThese proposals rethink public investment, national priorities, & tax policy. -De-Militarizing the Federal Budget & Recalibrating the Labor Market -A Smaller, Safer Military -International Tax Justice for a Democratic Economy -Funding the Future While Reducing Inequality 🌐 GameChangersPolicy.org
This group is on finance, a sector badly in need of reform.
Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working AmericaA more stable, equitable financial system: -No More Bailouts -End Financial Instability to Protect Household Income & Wealth -Reclaiming the Infrastructure of Money & Payments @tonantzin-tlc.bsky.social -Protecting Consumers & Our Financial System from Silicon Valley Fintechs -Public Banking
The final group of #GameChangersPolicy has dropped. Housing, finance, public investment, and more. We focus on how to change the rules of a rigged game. Check them out!
Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working AmericaWhat if we rewrote the rules of our economy to better serve people, communities, and the public interest? This week's Game Changers proposals explore bold ideas for Righting the Rules, from financial regulation and housing to public investment and tax policy. 🌐 GameChangersPolicy.org
Great new piece by sociologist Adia Harvey Wingfield in Forbes on the 4DW....if Forbes thinks it's coming... www.forbes.com/sites/adiaha...
Want Happier, More Productive Workers? Consider A Four Day Work WeekThe five day, forty hour work week has been the norm for nearly a century. But new research shows there are advantages for companies that adopt a four day work week.www.forbes.comMore gamechangers! Shout out to Work&Labor team. Alexander Hertel-Fernandez' great work on Solidarity Insurance, Irene Tung&Paul Sonn on "Just Cause" Job Protections & Ellora Derenoncourt & @profsheenalives.bsky.social on raising wages. @gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social gamechangerspolicy.org
Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working AmericaGame Changers presents policymakers with bold, new ideas to build a stronger, fairer, greener, and more inclusive economy for all Americans.gamechangerspolicy.orgThe first set of Game Changers policies is live! These include the four day week, a proposal to raise wages through sectoral bargaining, robust support for child, elder and health care, and bold immigration reform. Game Changers go beyond the ideas you've already heard. peri.umass.edu/gamechangers/
Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working AmericaGame Changers presents policymakers with bold, new ideas to build a stronger, fairer, greener, and more inclusive economy for all Americans.peri.umass.eduThe first content from #GameChangersPolicy is live! Read our intro essay and watch our explainer video. Why we need radical new economy policy. How we got here. How we'll get to where we need to know. @arindube.bsky.social @tonantzin-tlc.bsky.social peri.umass.edu/gamechangers/
Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working AmericaGame Changers presents policymakers with bold, new ideas to build a stronger, fairer, greener, and more inclusive economy for all Americans.peri.umass.eduVery excited to be part of this effort to change the game. Nine great teams reimagining what our economy could look like. Check it out. #GamgChangersPolicy
PERI Umass AmherstIt's time to change the game. Bold, new policies to build a stronger, fairer, greener economy for all Americans. Watch trailer: Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America gamechangerspolicy.org via @periatumass #GameChangersPolicy peri.umass.edu/gamechangers/
So true re: CFCs. I wish people understood that. And that Dupont was far along developing viable alternatives.
🇨🇦 thimbles.bsky.social 🇨🇦The political economy around CFC's was no where near as strong or as politically connected. @julietschor.bsky.social talks about how the insidious influence of money and anti-government "free market" politics influenced economics and turned it into a weapon against action. youtu.be/yjC4eVLxo6I
I'm excited for the third No Kings Day. Based on the amount of activity I'm seeing, I expect it to be significantly bigger than the previous ones. Don't miss this historic day. Please join, even if you're not a usual protest-goer. The world needs you!
Indivisible ❌👑No wars of aggression. No terrorizing our communities or yours. No tyrants, no conquests, no kings. Please join us on March 28 for the world-historic day of protest that this moment demands: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
Exciting news! The incomparable @naomioreskes.bsky.social and Alexander Kaurov have started a substack called "Reckoning Science." We need this content more than ever. I've just subscribed--hope you will too. reckoningscience.org/launching-re...
Launching Reckoning ScienceWe believe in science and its achievements, but also in the need to examine how it is actually made, including its limits and its entanglements with politics, money, and power.reckoningscience.orgYes #Clawitback
Elizabeth WarrenRepublicans' Big Ugly Bill gave Trump $190 billion for DHS, including $75 billion for ICE and $65 billion for CBP. That's money Republicans stripped from rural hospitals and helping people afford health care. Congress should claw it back and put serious restraints on DHS.