550: Unit 3
History 550: Politics and Public Policy, Fall 2022
Part III: Exploring Public Policy Issues
23. Inequality
READ: 550 Readings Book 2: All in the section under Policy Issues on Inequality & Public Policy, pp. 56ff (this is a longer reading than usual).
QF: Inequality is at the root of all of our problems.
24. Labor
READ: 550 Readings Book 2: the Labor Policy section, pp. 89ff, and in the Appendix, the selections from the book, What Unions no Longer Do, by Jake Rosenfeld (READ ROSENFELD FIRST; it goes to the end of the Readings book).
QF: Unions are no longer necessary.
The free rider card was found among the possessions of a man who worked in the aerospace industry for several decades in the mid twentieth century.
25. The Politics of Immigration Policy
READ: 550 Readings Book 2: The section on Immigration, pp. 103ff; & WATCH: 60 Minutes on the H1B visa program.
QF: Open borders is the only ethical immigration policy.
26. Trade
READ: 550 Readings Book 2: the Trade Policy section, pp. 123ff.
QF: Trump's main asset in the 2020 election was that he went to bat in trade negotiations for the American worker.
Extra Reading if you're interested: Thomas Edsall column, Nov. 2, 2022. Ties trade issue to current politics and rise of conservative populism.
27. Policy paper due