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1809, 2015

Davis organization attempts to raise minimum wage to $15

By |September 18th, 2015|Categories: In the News|0 Comments

According to Chris Benner, professor of community and regional development and a supporter of the campaign, raising the minimum wage wouldn’t have a significant impact on the consumer.
“The estimates for $15 of minimum wage are […]

1809, 2015

Technology and Inequality

By |September 18th, 2015|Categories: In the News|0 Comments

The signs of the gap—really, a chasm—between the poor and the super-rich are hard to miss in Silicon Valley. On a bustling morning in downtown Palo Alto, the center of today’s technology boom, apparently homeless […]

1709, 2015

Knowing Together, Growing Together: Equitable Opportunity Radio podcast

By |September 17th, 2015|Categories: Just Growth, Knowing Together Growing Together|Tags: , , |0 Comments

 

ICYMI (in case you missed it) listen to Dr. Chris Benner on the Equitable Opportunity Radio podcast, in an episode called, Knowing Together, Growing Together
Available free via iTunes. Download Episode 003 – Knowing Together, […]

1609, 2015

Developing Epistemic Communities in a Global City: Los Angeles

By |September 16th, 2015|Categories: Just Growth, Knowing Together Growing Together|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

In this 2014 essay focused on the changing sociocultural dynamics observed in global cities, Michael Ignatieff discussed the social and moral factors necessary for community-based inclusive growth in the face of rapid migration and shifting […]

1509, 2015

In the News: Inclusion, Growth, and Epistemic Communities in Utah

By |September 15th, 2015|Categories: In the News, Just Growth, Knowing Together Growing Together|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Utah’s Salt Lake City metropolitan area has made strides in inclusive economic growth, but why?

To answer this question, the Deseret News featured Chris Benner and Manuel Pastor’s Just Growth work–linking equity with growth–during their 2013 […]

409, 2015

In the News: Just Growth and the Minimum Wage in Silicon Valley

By |September 4th, 2015|Categories: Just Growth|Tags: , , |0 Comments

In a June 2014 article Silicon Valley’s minimum wage success story, Amy B. Dean cited Chris Benner and Manuel Pastor’s previous research on linking equity and growth.
“Academic research has backed the idea that Silicon Valley’s […]