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ADVISORY
ATTENTION:
ROBERT REICH TO SPEAK AT UC BERKELEY
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05/02/00
Contact: Patricia McBroom
(510) 643-7944
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WHAT: |
A lecture
at the University of California, Berkeley, by former U.S.
Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich.
In
his talk, "Wealth, Poverty and Alan Greenspan: Social
Policy and Macro Economic Policy," Reich will discuss
how an economic slow-down brought on by steady hikes in
interest rates would affect America's poor and working
class. This income group's only stake in the recovery
- jobs - would be threatened as unemployment rises, and
these individuals would spend a larger portion of their
paychecks on interest and loans.
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WHEN: |
7
p.m., Tuesday, May 9, 2000. |
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WHERE: |
Sibley
Auditorium in Bechtel Hall, in the northeast quarter of
campus. |
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WHO: |
Reich
is the Maurice B. Hexter professor of social and economic
policy at Brandeis University. His lecture is being sponsored
by UC Berkeley's School of Social Welfare, with support
from the Zellerbach Family Fund.
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BACKGROUND:
Reich is the author of seven books including "The Work
of Nations" and the recent best-seller, "Locked in the
Cabinet." He hosted a four-part PBS series, "Made in America,"
in 1992 and a PBS special, "At the Grass Roots," in 1998.
His radio commentary can be heard every other Thursday
evening on public radio's "Marketplace."
For
more information on this event, please contact Maureen
Hogan, assistant to the dean of the School of Social Welfare,
at (510) 642-4408.
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