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Stevenson on Taft-Hartley Act and dock workers strike

Oct 7, 2024 Planet Money
Betsey Stevenson, Ford School professor and economist, explained the Taft-Hartley Act which took some powers away from unions in 1947, and why dock workers are sill mad about it today. Stevenson said the dock workers are "like a linchpin to the...
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Ali on developments in Israel Hezbollah conflict

Sep 29, 2024 CBC
Javed Ali, Ford School professor talked with CBC news about "despite all the pounding that Hezbollah has taken over the couple few weeks," with their leadership  gone, "the group still possesses tens of thousands of fighters probably a couple...
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Stevenson predicts continued labor strife in an uncertain market

Sep 22, 2023
As the U.S. endures the UAW, Writers’ Guild, and Screen Actors strikes, among others, Ford School economics professor Betsey Stevenson says the country may endure more labor upheaval. Once the chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor, she...