Gordon Lafer | |
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 Lafer in 2017 | |
| Born | March 1960 (age 64) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | PhD Political Science, Yale University, 1995 B.A., Economics, Swarthmore College, 1983 |
| Occupation(s) | Political economist, writer |
| Notable work | The Job Training Charade |
Gordon Lafer is a political economist writer who has served as Senior Labor Policy Advisor for the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Education and Labor and has a history of Labor Union activism. He has written widely on labor and employment policy issues[1] and is the author of the books The Job Training Charade[2] and The One Percent Solution.[3]
He is currently a professor in the Labor Education & Research Center at the University of Oregon and a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute.[4]
- ^ "Gordon Lafer | People | Economic Policy Institute". Epi.org. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
- ^ "The Job Training Charade". Cornellpress.cornell.edu. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
- ^ Lafer, Gordon (2017). The One Percent Solution: How Corporations are Remaking America One State at a Time. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-5017-0306-5.
- ^ "Gordon Lafer | Labor Education & Research Center". lerc.uoregon.edu. Retrieved June 29, 2022.