A podcast series hosted by Orley Ashenfelter

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An Oral History of Industrial Relations and Labor Economics

In this podcast series of conversations with leading thinkers and practitioners, we are creating an oral history of an entire generation of industrial relations experts and labor economists whose contributions to their fields have been absolutely extraordinary. Hosted by Orley Ashenfelter, the Joseph Douglas Green 1895 Professor of Economics, Emeritus at Princeton University.

David Lewin
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28
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David Lewin on employee voice in a capitalist economy and the re-emergence of unionization

Robert Michael
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27
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Robert Michael on collecting specialized data to inform public policy

Barry Chiswick
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26
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Barry Chiswick on immigration, the American Jewish experience, and how to measure discrimination

Robert Flanagan
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25
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Robert Flanagan on boosting union membership and why orchestras struggle financially

Bob Gregory
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24
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Bob Gregory on how polio changed his life–and inspired him as a student