{"id":40208,"date":"2020-06-15T10:31:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T14:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=40208"},"modified":"2020-06-15T14:43:44","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T18:43:44","slug":"gc-cuny-keeps-the-conversation-going-reducing-inequality-now-with-darrick-hamilton-paul-krugman-eduardo-porter-and-janice-gornick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2020\/06\/gc-cuny-keeps-the-conversation-going-reducing-inequality-now-with-darrick-hamilton-paul-krugman-eduardo-porter-and-janice-gornick.html","title":{"rendered":"GC CUNY Keeps the Conversation Going:<\/strong>
Reducing Inequality Now<\/em> (with Darrick Hamilton,
Paul Krugman, Eduardo Porter, and Janet Gornick)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Register for this Zoom event. <\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, June 18, 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

As the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed gaps in the social safety net, protests in the aftermath of George Floyd\u2019s murder have mobilized a powerful new movement for racial justice. Leading economic experts discuss the gaping disparities by race and class that have driven so many Americans into the streets, and examine the prospects for policy and institutional changes that could create a more equal society, starting today.  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From left: Darrick Hamilton, Paul Krugman, Eduardo Porter, Janet Gornick<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Darrick Hamilton<\/strong> is executive director of the Kirwan Institute and professor of public policy, sociology, and economics and Ohio State University; a frequent commentator on NPR, MSNBC, and the BBC; and a member of the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force. Paul Krugman<\/strong> is a Nobel Prize\u2013winning economist; distinguished professor at The Graduate Center; New York Times<\/em> columnist; and author of the recent book Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future<\/em>. Eduardo Porter<\/strong> is an economics reporter for the business section of The New York Times<\/em> and author of the recent book American Poison: How Racial Hostility Destroyed Our Promise<\/em>. Janet Gornick<\/strong> is professor of political science and sociology and director of the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality at The Graduate Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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