SECOND ROUND OF MINI GRANTS AVAILABLE
FOR WOMEN'S ACTION RESEARCH
TOPIC:
Women in the Workplace:
The Role of Unions and Labor Law Reform
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There was a recent dissertation from Stanford on the subject of economic
organization in 19th C. California. Talk with the Stanford econ. department.
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While the NYC unemployment rate in the late 1980s wasn't out of line with
other cities, I believe the LFPR and EPR were, but I'd have to check on that.
There is no "Wall Street bust" yet. Profits, until the beginning of this
year, were at record levels. But as John Keefe, a banking analyst who
Any comments on this appointment?
Doug
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Doug--
Thanks for getting back to me. Do you have any insights as to why things
are so bad right now? Up through 1990 the NYC unemploment rate was not too
far out of line for big cities in the Northeast, and about 2-3 points above
the rest of the state. Now it is 4 points higher than other big
It's hardly a comfort that NY state unemployment is driven by NYC's,
since about half of NYSers live in NYC.
One reason NYC unemployment is so high is because of the profoundly
distorted industrial structure - i.e., heavy overrepresentation of FIRE
(finance, insurance, real estate) and elite bu
