Labor Café – Affordability Agendas: Competing Paths Forward for the American Economy

Everyone is talking about “the affordability crisis,” from politicians, pundits, and policy advocates to anti-poverty groups, labor activists, workers, and consumers. Let’s dig in to the facts and the arguments animating the debates on the best paths forward for the American economy. To access non-required reading to get the conversation started, check out our Zotero group library.

The Labor Café convenes the Notre Dame community for casual yet critical conversation on contemporary questions about work, workers, and workplaces. What rights and protections should those who work for others have? What’s the proper role for government in the economy? How should we address enduring problems of inequality, poverty, and lack of opportunity? And what does Catholic social teaching (CST) have to say about these labor questions? Each month’s focus is determined closer to the meeting date. Participants choose the concrete topics, all people are welcome, and all opinions are entertained.