Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 4:15pm
Economist Timothy Smeeding, director of the UW-Madison Institute for Research on Poverty, explores the "Great Recession" of recent years and its implications for employment, poverty and inequality in the U.S. Smeeding will also discuss the recession's perils for younger workers, particularly those with limited education and job skills. Hosted by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters, this Academy Evening talk was recorded on February 18, 2013, at Madison Museum of Contemporary Art lecture hall by Madison City Channel 12.
