Watch Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris in conversation with Alicia Modestino, Associate Professor at Northeastern University, and Elise Gould, Senior Economist at the Economic Policy Institute, as they discuss the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs, wages, and unemployment report for April 2023. This conversation aired live on the blog at 8:45 AM ET on Friday, May 5—just 15 minutes after the release of the report.
This in-depth conversation about the latest numbers will examine this snapshot of the U.S. economy and what it means for workers, unions, and worker power.
Alicia Modestino is an Associate Professor at Northeastern University’s School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and the Department of Economics, as well as the Research Director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy. She previously served as Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
Elise Gould has been a researcher at the Economic Policy Institute since 2003. She focuses her research on wages, poverty, inequality, economic mobility and healthcare. She has co-authored two books:The State of Working America, 12th Edition, and a book on health insurance coverage in retirement. She has been published in numerous academic journals and on the op-ed pages of USA Today and The Detroit News.
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