This conference, hosted by the University of Wisconsin Law School, will critically examine both the relationships between and the complexities of class and inequality.
The most quintessentially American trait may be our capacity to look past current misfortune and imagine a brighter future. Americans love a rags to riches story and have long believed that hard work and determination will pay off in the long run. Two years into a sluggish recovery from the Great Recession, however, many Americans have lost some of that earnest optimism. Faced with persistent unemployment, a nationwide foreclosure crisis, deep cuts to state and local budgets, and declining state support for public education, Americans are questioning the promise of upward mobility.…From Madison to Zuccotti Park: Confronting Class and Reclaiming the American Dream will therefore bring together scholars, economists, activists, policymakers, and others to critically examine both the relationships between and the complexities of class and inequality.
Conference Dates: November 16-17, 2012. im
