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Child labor has no place in civil societies

State lawmakers continued to weaken child labor protections in 2026: Efforts to strengthen protections have stalled Many state lawmakers took encouraging steps in 2023 and 2024 to strengthen their child labor standards—in response to high-profile reporting of widespread child labor violations across the U.S. and simultaneous efforts to weaken state child labor standards in the wake of COVID-19. But trends in 20...

Call for Papers, ICAPE 2027 Annual Conference
In person sessions: Tuesday, January 5, 4-8 PM, Wednesday, January 6, 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Location: American University, Washington, D.C., USA
Virtual sessions: Friday, January 8, 2027 over Zoom, with presentation times set by time zone
Conference theme: Affordability and Provisioning in Contemporary Capitalism
Submissions are due by Friday, September 4, 2026.
The emerging polycrisis includes declining living standards, increased worker precarity, spiraling inequality, environmental disasters, mass immigration from impoverished regions, mental health crises, declining birth rates, and ongoing wars and conflicts. Meanwhile, the rapid rise of AI technology may displace millions of workers, adding fuel to existing crises. And yet, despite the affordability crisis, especially the high cost of food and housing, and the potential for an employment crisis, production continues to grow and stock markets have reached record highs.
Individual paper submissions: https://forms.gle/Zp3TWJ5RRrQkHqe18
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Panel, workshop and roundtable submissions: https://forms.gle/4dQUvPS3nFwPbenS8

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Individual Paper Submission, International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics (ICAPE) ICAPE Conference, in-person sessions: American University, Washington D.C., Jan. 5, 2027, 4-8PM and Jan. 6, 2027, 8AM-6PM Virtual sessions: Friday, January 8, 2027, over Zoom.

Today in US history

June 8, 1961: Freedom Riders Arrested Freedom Riders traveling from New Orleans, Louisiana to Jackson, Mississippi were arrested in 1961.

Between May 26 and 29, the 2nd AFEE South American Conference was held in in Araraquara, Brazil. The event was an important occasion for debate, exchange, and the continued development of OIE in South America. It included the participation of Danielle Guizzo, William Waller, Jacob Powell, and Laure Bazzoli, as well as a special session organized in dialogue with the Brazilian Keynesian Association, AKB.
The conference began with a pre-conference on Radical Institutionalism, which gathered 33 undergraduate and graduate students. The main conference took place over three days, with four keynote lectures and 17 sessions for the presentation and discussion of scientific papers. During the event, together with colleagues from Brazil and abroad, we also founded the Brazilian Association for Research in Original Institutional Economics, EINST, based in Araraquara and established with 64 founding members.

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The Call for Board nominations is open! Please submit your nominations for Pres-elect and open board positions here:

2027 Call for Board Nominations - AFEE All nominations should be sent to Valerie Kepner by May 15, 2026.

Happy Arab Heritage Month!

Happy Arab Heritage month! We proudly celebrate the resilience and diverse contributions of our Arab union siblings across the U.S. and Canada.

On this day, 27 March 1942, France's collaborationist Vichy government issued the barbershop decree, demanding that barbers collect cut hair and donate it to the war effort to make slippers and sweaters. The rebellious Zazous refused and grew their hair long.
Zazous were anti-fascist youths who wore dapper suits, listened to jazz and swing music by largely Black and Jewish musicians and fought with fascists on the street. Police rounded them up, and Vichy fascist youth groups hunted them down and cut their hair.
Learn more about them in our podcast bonus episode 72.1, available for our patreon supporters: https://www.patreon.com/posts/e72-1-zazous-and-80585692

If you are in the vicinity of Eau Claire, WI on April 21st, you might stop in to hear our very own Secretary-Treasurer Tom Kemp talk about his second favorite subject :-)

AFEE at ASSA 2027 Call for Papers! Institutional Economics at its Frontiers: Global Challenges, New Methods, Enduring Questions

The theme of the 2027 AFEE conference sessions invites contributions that explore the frontiers of institutional economics: conceptual, methodological, empirical, and geographical. We encourage papers that push institutionalist analysis in new directions while engaging enduring questions about economic power, institutional change, social provisioning, and public purpose. Contributions may draw on diverse methods, comparative perspectives, and interdisciplinary approaches, and may address institutions operating at local, national, regional, or global levels.

Please follow the link for the full Call, deadlines, and submission guidelines:

AFEE Call for Papers 2027 - AFEE Annual Meeting AFEE at ASSA; Washington, DC, USA January 3-5, 2027 (Sunday, Monday & Tuesday) - AFEE at ICAPE