Illuminating the Arts-Policy Nexus 

Please join Demos and the World Policy Institute this Friday, February 6, for a lunchtime discussion with a wonderful European friend, John Evans.

 

John is the global labor movement’s point-person at the OECD. As general secretary of the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD in Paris, John is the leading progressive in the deliberations of that body. His actual work goes far beyond his nominal role. More than anyone else, John worked to shift OECD thinking on labor market policy from a Reagan-Thatcher conception of “flexibility” (meaning no social rights) to a more Scandinavian vision of flex-curity. He has also worked tirelessly to create alliances between progressives in the global North and South, and to break through the false premise that decent social rights are a form of protectionism. 

 

American Prospect co-editor and Demos Distinguished Senior Fellow Bob Kuttner will introduce John, who will speak briefly, and then we will have a discussion about global progressive issues and alliances.

 

When:

Friday, February 6

11:45 to 1:30 

 

Where:

Demos

220 Fifth Avenue (26th and 27th streets)

Fifth floor conference room

 

RSVP:

Please RSVP to Jinny Khanduja (jkhanduja@demos.org) by Wednesday, February 4.

 

Demos is a non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization founded in 2000. Headquartered in New York City, Demos works with advocates and policymakers around the country in pursuit of four overarching goals:  a more equitable economy with widely shared prosperity and opportunity; a vibrant and inclusive democracy with high levels of voting and civic engagement; an empowered public sector that works for the common good; and responsible U.S. engagement in an interdependent world. 

 

World Policy Institute, a non-partisan source of progressive global policy analysis and thought leadership for more than four decades, focuses on complex challenges that demand cooperative policy solutions to achieve in an increasingly interdependent world: an inclusive and sustainable global market economy, engaged global civic participation and effective governance, and collaborative approaches to national and global security.