J. W. Mason on financing the Green New Deal
On May 20, 2021, associate professor J. W. Mason participated in a panel on “Investment and Decarbonization” hosted by the Jain Family Institute.
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Prison Labor in U.S. State Prisons, 1974-2016: New Slavery or Enforced Idleness?
Presentation by Geert Dhondt (Associate Professor of Economics, John Jay College of Criminal Justice) and Eric Seligman (M.A. student, John Jay College of Criminal Justice) at Harvard Kennedy School, March 26, 2021 https://youtu.be/xMPH-nZTmts Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xMPH-nZTmts
Michelle Holder on her recent paper, “The Double Gap and the Bottom Line: African American Women’s Wage Gap and Corporate Profits.”
Professor Holder explains the findings that suggest that African American women’s labor power is largely under-compensated by employers, with tangible implications for income and asset-building in the Black community.
JOHN JAY’S ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT EARNS HIGH SCORE ON FEDERAL RESERVE’S ECONOMIC EDUCATION INCLUSION INDEX
John Jay’s Economics department has only been around for 10 years but it’s quickly making a name for itself. Ranking among the top 10 in the Federal Reserve’s Economic Education Inclusion Index—it was number seven on the index and ranked first among colleges in the City University of New York (CUNY) system—John Jay’s Economics department … Read more
Christian Parenti sits down with Book Salon to discuss his latest book on Alexander Hamilton
In this episode, Christian Parenti discusses his book ‘Radical Hamilton: Economic Lessons from a Misunderstood Founder’, where he rewrites the history of early America and the global economy. For much of the twentieth century, Hamilton—sometimes seen as the bad boy of the founding fathers or portrayed as the patron saint of bankers—was out of fashion. … Read more