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The future of business as usual in Berkeley is far from certain, even with emergency relief available to organizations and people most impacted by the coronavirus. Although the exact rate of job loss in Berkeley is unknown, the numbers are approximately proportional to national unemployment rates.
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The “Berkeley Conversations: COVID-19” series hosted a livestream Friday to discuss the economic impact of and human solutions to the coronavirus pandemic, with some of the nation’s leading economists and policy experts.
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Known as the College for All Act, the bill would be paid for by a tax on Wall Street speculation, according to a press release from Sanders’ office.
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UC Berkeley ranked as the No. 1 value college in the United States by Forbes magazine — a ranking that considers which colleges are most worth a student’s investment — ahead of Ivy League schools and other UC campuses.
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Many campus professors fear that potential cuts could harm present and future research or mean fewer available research positions for graduate students.
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UC Berkeley was found to be among several elite institutions that facilitate low-income students moving upward economically into the top 1 percent, as shown in a study released in January by the Equality of Opportunity Project, which analyzes ways to improve educational opportunities for college-age students. In the study, UC
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A report conducted at UC Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment found that the benefits of raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour will outweigh the costs, even within less affluent areas.
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Voters will get a chance during the November election to approve the Berkeley Schools Education Excellence Act of 2016, a tax measure that calls for $28 million in tax revenue to help reduce student-to-teacher ratios at Berkeley public schools.
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Public policy professor Robert Reich filled the 400 person International House’s Chevron auditorium to fire-code capacity on Tuesday night for a lecture on inequality and the current economic system, the subject of his latest book, “Saving Capitalism.”
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As of September, four UC Berkeley alumni have been appointed to work with the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers.
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