Thanks to Sally Lerner for her postings. Although I am not a sociologist, I would like to discuss the nature of work and job creation on this net- work. Just to tell you that economists are interested in the topic, the Union for Radical Political Economists has chosen the theme of its summer conference (Aug 20-23) to be "The URPE Job Summit", in contrast to Clinton's job conference/summit in Detroit last month. The topics of our plenary sessions will be: "Jobs and Growth in the US" "Jobs and Growth: Is there a North South Conflict?" and "Can We live with Growth?" We also hope to plan related sessions around community efforts for job growth, effects of protectionism and free trade on workers, coop efforts at job formation, welfare reform and jobs, and many others. If you are interested in conference information and would like to participate or attend, please contact me or any other URPE steering committee member. I look forward to reading my uploaded copy of Sally Lerner's postings. In solidarity, Susan Fleck URPE Steering Committee American University [EMAIL PROTECTED]
