Employment and Jobs

Economic Opportunities Program Monthly Digest — January 2025

January 31, 2025  • Economic Opportunities Program

The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program (EOP) advances strategies, policies, and ideas to help low- and moderate-income people thrive in a changing economy. To learn more about our work, visit aspeninstitute.org/eop.

We are pleased to present a selection of our work from the past month. If a colleague forwarded this email to you, consider subscribing to our mailing list or connecting on social media.


Videos

A New Year’s Resolution to Reject Over Work — A Book Talk with Brigid Schulte


Podcasts

Commentary

In the News

Rutgers University Appoints 30 Research Fellows to Study Business Models That Help Workers to Build Wealth

  • Cites the appointment of EOP Managing Director Matt Helmer as a fellow of the Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

Measuring The Connection Between Worker Voice and Job Quality by Martha Mangelsdorf, MIT Sloan

Survey with American employees reveals ‘workers want a say in their work’ by  Julie Greco, Phys.org

2025 Southern Arizona Workforce Leadership Academy Fellows Named, Center for the Future of Arizona

PR giant Edelman sounds alarm over ‘descent into grievance’ in Davos – but whose fault is that? by Adam Lowenstein, The Guardian


Upcoming Events

Feb 26: Re-Entry and Good Jobs: Building the Second Chances We All Believe In

April 9-10, 2025: Employee Ownership Ideas Forum, hosted in partnership with the Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing. Registration will open soon. Join our mailing list for updates on this event, and more insightful conversations, coming soon.