Wednesday, June 19, 2013

The Unfinished March

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and many Americans know the speech quite well enough to paraphrase its concluding passages. What many fail to recall, however, is King's calling not just for legal rights, but for social & economic rights with respect to jobs and a living wage. The Economic Policy Institute has published a research brief that critically revisits this forgotten history - see here.

No comments:

Post a Comment

On the GDP data and the risk of a recession

For the most part what I suggested here , a month ago or so, seems to be essentially correct [the video is not very good, and it continued s...