The Low-Wage Work Crisis: Three Ideas for a Better Future

The Town Hall opened in 1921 as a forum for public education. From 1935 to 1956, Town Hall hosted the Peabody Award-Winning “America’s Town Meeting of the Air,” which invited leading thinkers to discuss complex social, political, and economic issues of the day.

In this new series, Town Hall returns to its roots. A Return to Civic Discourse features visionaries and thinkers who explore some of the nation’s most complex challenges—and offer thought-provoking ideas that can help solve them. Panel discussions are followed by lively Q&As from the audience in the hall and those viewing the live stream. 

Join Town Hall as guests illuminate the issues and provide glimpses into a better common future.

Free curriculum is available

Live at The Town Hall and via live stream

Moderator:

Maritza Silva-Farrell is a program officer with the Future of Work(ers) Program, leading the worker power and capital strategies portfolio at the Ford Foundation.

Panelists:

Juliana Bidadanure, Associate Professor of Philosophy and an Affiliate Faculty of the Law School at New York University - presenting on Universal Basic Income.

Manjari Raman, Senior Program Director of the Project on Managing the Future of Work and Project on U.S. Competitiveness at the Harvard Business School - presenting on The High Cost of Neglecting Low-Wage Workers.

Lawrence Mishel, Emeritus Fellow at the Economic Policy Institute - presenting on How to Raise Wages: Policies that Work and Policies that Don’t

RESOURCES