There has been increasing interest in recent years from sides of the political spectrum in reviving robust and prosperous middle-class American communities. It seems evident that this requires renewed attention to the link between work and well-being, involving both a cultural reorientation and imaginative institutional design.
To that end, on the afternoon of September 17th (from 12-2pm and 2:30-4:30pm ET), the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University and the Abigail Adams Institute will be pleased to host a webinar on the theme, "Work and Well-Being in 21st Century America: Promoting Productive & Purposeful Communities."
This event will feature presentations and open-ended dialogue among four distinguished invited speakers (Laurie DeRose, Michael Lind, Matt Stoller, and Russell Hittinger) alongside HFH and AAI staff members. The webinar will approach this problem from multiple vantages, considering both fundamental questions about the proper roles of the state, the market, and civil society in fostering productive pluralism and strong families, and more specific questions about, e.g., the merits of family income-supplement vs. UBI schemes, trade policy and labor arbitrage, or the ongoing realignment of America’s major political parties.