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History

Established in the fall of 1997, Economy Connection has provided speakers for high school and university classes; union meetings; study groups; radio and cable TV programs; conferences; teach-ins; and events organized by political, environmental, labor, community, peace and faith-based groups. We have supplied reading lists, research suggestions and personal contacts to journalists, teachers, study groups, labor educators, researchers and others seeking information on specific topics. EC members have helped individuals and groups find solutions to specific economic problems, such as determining an appropriate minimum wage, living wage, or tax policy for a local campaign.

 

A Few Highlights

  • A Chicago EC member traveled to Kalamazoo to debate a representative of the Small Business Association on the merits of a living wage. The debate was shown on
    cable TV.

  • A Boston EC member defended Social Security from privatization in a debate sponsored by the Federalist Society. An audience member thanked her for injecting some humanism into the discussion.  

  • A West Coast EC member presented historical and economic background on the World Trade Organization at a Eugene, Oregon conference entitled "The Road to Seattle." The conference was organized by college students trying to fill buses to the WTO protests in Seattle.

  • A New York City grad student was nominated for a human rights award for her paper on NAFTA, written after consulting with several EC members.  

  • EC sent suggestions for teaching materials to a Minnesota high school teacher whose school department had sent him a list of textbooks that were "all status-quo, capitalism-oriented materials."

  • College students stayed an extra hour to continue a lively discussion at an EC-led workshop, "Global Money, Local Jobs," at an Albany conference sponsored by the New York Public Interest Research Group.

  • Six EC members participated in a New Jersey teach-in about "More World, Less Bank," while members of the IMF and World Bank attended a conference nearby.

 Your manifesto is the promise of rain in the middle of a long
dry season of confusion and lies about the world economy.

                                        NYC Haitian Activist

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