Join us for an evening with Darrick Hamilton, University Professor and founding director of the Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy at The New School. A leading economist and public intellectual, Professor Hamilton’s research and policy innovations have shaped national discussions on economic mobility and financial security. His work on baby bonds, guaranteed income, and federal job programs has influenced legislative action at all levels of government.
This conversation will examine the structural forces shaping the racial wealth gap and explore bold policy solutions aimed at fostering long-term prosperity. Guided by the dynamic moderation of Dr. Peniel Joseph in an evening of insight and meaningful dialogue.
About Darrick Hamilton
Darrick Hamilton is a university professor, the Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy, and the founding director of the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School. Considered one of the nation’s foremost scholars, economists and public intellectuals, Hamilton’s accomplishments include recently being profiled in the New York Times, Mother Jones magazine and the Wall Street Journal and being featured in Politico Magazine’s 2017 50 Ideas Shaping American Politics and the People Behind Them issue. Also, he is a member of the Marguerite Casey Foundation in partnership with the Group Health Foundation’s inaugural class of Freedom Scholars.
Hamilton has been involved in crafting policy proposals, such as Baby Bonds and a Federal Job Guarantee, which have garnered a great deal of media attention and served as inspirations for legislative proposals at the federal, state and local levels. He has served as a member of the economic committee of the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force; he has testified before several senate and house committees, including the Joint Economic Committee on the nation’s potential policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic-induced health and economic crises; he was a surrogate and advisor for the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign; and he has advised numerous other leading Members of Congress, as well as various 2020 presidential candidates.