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New library books
The following works on love and marriage are newly available through the Allen County Public Library. “The Tudors in Love: Passion and Politics in the Age of England’s Most Famous Dynasty” by Sarah Gristwood Dissecting the codes of love, desire and power, this brilliant history of the Tudor dynasty reveals the romantic obsessions that irrevocably shaped the politics and international diplomacy of the period, from Henry VIII’s six wives to the poems lavished on Elizabeth I by her suitors.
You Survived a Layoff. Here’s What to Do Next.
Lately, it feels impossible to log online without seeing a headline about company-wide layoffs. Each day brings news of another tech giant letting employees go. Reports of a slowdown in the global economy have put many people in a difficult position. While layoffs are often the most devastating for those who lose their jobs, their impact stretches much farther and wider.
The Bookworm Sez: 'Money and Love' offers solid advice for younger couples
The two of you have been seeing one another for ages. It’s time to take the next step, but hard conversations must be had first. Whose career will take precedence? Will you rent or buy a house as soon as possible? What is your beloved’s savings history, or credit rating, or debt load? Coupling up isn’t just about being romantic; in “Money and Love” by Myra Strober & Abby Davisson, it’s also about being smart.
Barred: Why the Innocent Can’t Get Out of Prison
Daniel Medwed is university distinguished professor of law and criminal justice at Northeastern University School of Law and on the Board of the New England Innocence Project. Prior to joining Northeastern, Medwed taught at the University of Utah S. J. Quinney College of Law and at Brooklyn Law School, where he oversaw its Second Look Program that investigated and litigated claims of innocence by New York inmates.
Love & Money: How to Talk About Big Decisions Together
Do love and money mix? Labor economist and professor emerita of economics at Stanford Graduate School of Education Myra Strober says “absolutely.” “Separating money and love is not a good idea.
Achieving Balance In Work and Life
The constant pull between career and family is stressing us out. Professor of Economics Myra Strober says it doesn’t have to be that way. Myra Strober is the author of Sharing the Work: What My Family and Career Taught Me about Breaking Through (and Holding the Door Open for Others). She teaches a class at Stanford Graduate School of Business that explores the pressures and politics shaping modern family life, and strategies to deal with both.
The Case for National Childcare
VideoThe Case for National ChildcareProfessor Emerita Myra Strober on why subsidized childcare would benefit us all. July 28, 2017|by Sukhjit GhagMyra Strober, who recently published Sharing the Work: What My Family and Career Taught Me about Breaking Through (and Holding the Door Open for Others), discusses why universal childcare is a win for both employees and employers.
The Best Thing Hillary Clinton Can Do For Working Parents
Myra Strober is a labor economist and Professor Emerita at Stanford University. MIT Press recently published her memoir, Sharing the Work: What My Career and Family Taught Me about Breaking Through (and Holding the Door Open for Others).
Stanford Law School Faculty Summer 2016 Reading List
“I have a couch in my living room that is now marked indelibly with my memory of finishing the last 100 pages of Evicted by sociologist Matthew Desmond. It was 1:00 am as I turned the final page. Though there were tracks of tears down my face to be sure, my memory of finishing that book is not one of heavy sadness. I felt the weight, but also the beauty, of the human condition: our cruelty, resilience, pride, creativity,selfishness, vulnerability.
How Companies Can Solve the Pay Equity Problem
This spring the U.S. women’s soccer team sued the sport’s governing body over wage discrimination, arguing their success should earn the players as much as their male counterparts. For Stanford labor economist and Professor Emerita Myra Strober, the U.S. Soccer lawsuit is a classic case of pay inequity.
How the Ideas of 19th Century Feminists Helped Me to Break Through the Glass Ceiling in My Career
How the Ideas of 19th Century Feminists Helped Me to Break Through the Glass Ceiling in My Career The following is an excerpt from the new book Sharing the Work by Myra Strober (The MIT Press, 2016): “It’s because you live in Palo Alto,” the chairman of Berkeley’s economics department tells me. “I can’t have a regular job here because I live in Palo Alto?” He nods. Chairman Break is tall, with football-player shoulders, and although I’m tall too, his massive frame towers over me.
An Economist’s Take on Why Parental Leave Matters
iStock/RobertoMussi The United States is the only country among 37 developed nations that doesn’t offer paid maternity leave. Estonia, on the other hand, offers almost two years of paid leave for mothers. But U.S. parents and caregivers have started pushing corporate and political leaders for paid family leave. Response has been mixed.
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