The global economy continues to reel from the financial and housing crises, and unemployment remains rampant in the United States. What is the solution? A government-supported push for full employment, says economist Robert Pollin, reviving a critical but long-dormant debate.

Participating along with Robert Pollin will be:

David Autor, Professor of Economics at MIT and Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Economic Perspectives

Ron Blackwell, Chief Economist at the AFL-CIO and former Academic Dean at the New School

Thomas A. Kochan, Professor of Management at MIT and author of Restoring the American Dream: A Working Families’ Agenda for America.

The discussion will be moderated by Richard Locke, Professor of Political Science and Management at MIT, and coauthor of Working in America: A Blueprint for the New Labor Market.

The event website may be found here.