> Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 10:18:59 -0700 (PDT) > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Doug Henwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [PEN-L:12067] radio > I'm doing a post-Labor Day special on my radio show (WBAI, New York City) > this Thursday evening. I've got Edie Rassel of the Economic Policy Insitute > booked to talk about a joint report by EPI and the Institute for Women's > Policy Research on nontraditional work, and after her, Stefanie Schmidt of > the Milken Institute, to talk about her work showing that worker anxiety in > the U.S. is greatly exaggerated (the short version of her argument was in Initially I reacted to Stephanie's result with muted hostility, since you could take it to connote that life is just a bowl of cherries for the working class. But if it isn't obvious, there's an upside to the finding, if true. Less anxious workers can be more militant. Mao's dictum, "the worse, the better" doesn't follow. MBS ================================================== Max B. Sawicky Economic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite 1200 202-775-8810 (voice) 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-0819 (fax) Washington, DC 20036 Opinions here do not necessarily represent the views of anyone associated with the Economic Policy Institute. ===================================================
