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Karine Moe

Labor and Demographic Economics

Economics Department

Moe can discuss economic growth issues as well as labor and demographic economics and the economics of the family. She is currently investigating the role of women in economic development. She teaches a course that explores how gender differences lead to different economic outcomes for women and men, both within families and the marketplace.

Peter Rachleff

Unions/Labor Issues

History Department

Rachleff is a nationally known labor historian, specializing in labor relations. He is a frequent author and commentator on a wide range of current labor and work issues including the strike by pilots at Northwest Airlines, the walkout by UPS workers, the future of the U.S. labor movement, union mergers, the growth in the number of part-time workers and the push to internationalize unions. He has been quoted in numerous publications including The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor and American Demographic magazine. His books include Hard-Pressed in the Heartland: The Hormel Strike and the Future of the Labor Movement, a first-hand account of the dramatic strike by workers at Hormel Company in Austin, Minn., which helped change the character of the labor movement, and Black Labor in Richmond, Virginia, 1865-1890.