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IGP Webinar Examines the Fight for a $15 Minimum Wage

Posted Nov 20 2025

On November 20, the Institute of Global Politics hosted a webinar titled "The Fight for $15: Raising America's Minimum Wage." The discussion featured Sohrab Ahmari, US Editor of UnHerd and author of Tyranny, Inc., Kate Bell, Assistant General Secretary to the Trades Union Congress, Arindrajit Dube, Provost Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Mary Kay Henry, former International President of the Service Employees International Union and IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow. The conversation was moderated by Suresh Naidu, IGP Faculty Advisory Board Member, Professor of International and Public Affairs, Center for Political Economy Codirector, and Jack Wang and Echo Ren Professor of Economics at Columbia SIPA.