Staying the Course in a Troubling Time

Read Tom Kochan's full blog from The Conversation "Election rage shows why America needs a new social contract to ensure the economy works for all"


I suspect that many of you, like my colleagues, students, and me,  have been reflecting on what the current environment and situation in the U.S., Britain, and Europe implies for our work. So I wrote the blog linked below as a call for us to stay the course in our research and professional practices.  We need to continue focusing on ways to heal and manage the deep divisions now so apparent in our societies and on identifying and assessing the innovations needed to someday build what I and others call a new Social Contract.

The blog reflects some of the positive things I see happening at local levels.  I hope that we will keep working to invent, identify, and assess innovative developments and practices that might show us a way forward.


-Tom Kochan