Episodios

  • William Gould IV on chairing the NLRB and honoring his great-grandfather, a black Civil War sailor

    William Gould IV on chairing the NLRB and honoring his great-grandfather, a black Civil War sailor
    May 12 2025
    William Gould IV, the Charles A. Beardsley Professor of Law, emeritus at the Stanford University Law School, discusses his work on labor relations, his chairmanship at the National Labor Relations Board, and a remarkable great-grandfather who escaped slavery and joined the Union Navy in the Civil War. Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://irs100.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/2025-05/041-TWGO-Gould_transcript.pdf For more details on this episode, visit: https://irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/william-gould-iv-2025
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  • Michael Moskow on his path from Paterson, NJ to “…one of the best jobs you can have in Washington”

    Michael Moskow on his path from Paterson, NJ to “…one of the best jobs you can have in Washington”
    Apr 21 2025
    Michael Moskow, the vice chair and distinguished fellow, global economy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, discusses his work on labor relations, collective bargaining, and his numerous posts in both the private and public sectors, including at the U.S. Labor Department, and the Council of Economic Advisers. Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://irs100.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/2025-04/040-TWGO-Moskow_transcript.pdf For more details on this episode, visit: https://irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/michael-moskow-2025
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    32 m
  • Gavin Wright on the Civil Rights Revolution through the eyes of an economic historian

    Gavin Wright on the Civil Rights Revolution through the eyes of an economic historian
    Apr 5 2025
    Gavin Wright, William Robertson Coe Professor of American Economic History, emeritus, at Stanford University, discusses his work on the economics of slavery, Black mobility patterns after the Civil War, and his thoughts on the current state of Black economies in the American South. Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://irs100.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/2025-04/039-TWGO-Wright_transcript.pdf For more details on this episode, visit: https://irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/gavin-wright-2025
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    33 m
  • Heidi Hartmann on equal pay, family leave, and gender equity in the field of Economics

    Heidi Hartmann on equal pay, family leave, and gender equity in the field of Economics
    Mar 15 2025
    Heidi Hartmann, distinguished economist in residence at American University and emeritus founder and president of the Institute of Women’s Policy Research, discusses her work in the public policy arena, especially her studies on the gender gap and equal pay, and her on-going thoughts on women and the economics profession. Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://irs100.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/2025-03/038-TWGO-Hartmann_transcript.pdf For more details on this episode, visit: https://irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/heidi-hartmann-2025
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    32 m
  • Michael Reich on how political polarization has impacted debate on the minimum wage

    Michael Reich on how political polarization has impacted debate on the minimum wage
    Mar 3 2025
    Michael Reich, professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, discusses his studies of labor market segmentation, the beneficial effects of the minimum wage on the economy, the current climate of political polarization, and his belief that the 2024 elections indicate a marked transition for the U.S. economy. Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://irs100.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/2025-02/037-TWGO-Reich_transcript.pdf For more details on this episode, visit: https://irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/michael-reich-2025
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  • Harry Katz on his push for a more cooperative environment in labor-management relationships

    Harry Katz on his push for a more cooperative environment in labor-management relationships
    Dec 9 2024
    Harry Katz, the Jack Sheinkman Professor of Collective Bargaining at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, discusses his academic background, his studies of collective bargaining, his work with the United Auto Workers (UAW), and his ongoing thoughts on how to make labor negotiations more inclusive and cooperative. Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://irs100.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/2024-12/036-TWGO-Katz_transcript.pdf For more details on this episode, visit: https://irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/harry-katz-2024
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    32 m
  • Henry Farber on his path from Teamster to one of the preeminent researchers of labor economics

    Henry Farber on his path from Teamster to one of the preeminent researchers of labor economics
    Nov 19 2024
    Henry Farber, Hughes-Rogers Professor of Economics emeritus at Princeton University, discusses his early life growing up in an industrial, working-class town in New Jersey, his early interest in labor unions and his nearly fifty-year-long study of labor economics. Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://irs100.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/2024-11/035-TWGO-Farber_transcript.pdf For more details on this episode, visit: https://irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/henry-farber-2024
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  • George Borjas on his journey from Cuba to Harvard and his work on the “hot” topic of immigration

    George Borjas on his journey from Cuba to Harvard and his work on the “hot” topic of immigration
    Oct 31 2024
    George Borjas, the Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, discusses his early life in Cuba, his experiences as an immigrant in the United States, his schooling at Columbia University, and his thoughts on the current immigration debate in the United States. Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://irs100.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/2024-11/034-TWGO-Borjas_transcript.pdf. For more details on this episode, visit: https://irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/George-Borjas-2024.
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