In this talk, H. Luke Shaefer reviews research on the impacts of the largest and most comprehensive expansion of the social safety net in modern times, and where the nation goes from here.
H. Luke Shaefer, Poverty Solutions director and Ford School Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Policy, to testify before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis. September, 2021.
Associate Dean Luke Shaefer moderates a conversation with Ford School faculty members Shobita Parthasarathy, John Ciorciari, and Justin Wolfers about the 2020 Presidential election and policy priorities of the next presidential term.
H. Luke Shaefer discusses his recent report reviewing the Employer Resource Networks (ERNs) model, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Brent Orrell with Dr. Shaefer, Jason Heyboer of Lacks Enterprises, and James M.
Luke Shaefer, Alford A. Young Jr., and Michael S. Barr, discuss some of the ways that policymakers and communities are attempting to combat poverty during this crisis. July 2020.
Arthur Brooks, president of American Enterprise Institute, talks poverty & public policy followed by a conversation with Luke Shaefer, director of Poverty Solutions, and community Q&A. October, 2017.
Watch the U.S. Senate Finance Committee testimony of Luke Shaefer as he talks about poverty in the United States and his book "$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America"
The authors Kathy Edin and Luke Shaefer, of the book "$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America," discuss the major themes of their revelatory research on income inequality and extreme poverty in the United States. October, 2015.
