Anne Morriss, an executive coach specializing in trust and urgency, joins forces with economist Juliet Schor, a pioneer of the four-day work week. They discuss the transformative power of reducing work hours for well-being and productivity. Psychologist Azim Shariff explores how our moral perceptions of work shape culture, while political scientist Margaret Levi examines the resurgence of labor unions and their impact on workers' rights. Howie Kiebel shares insights from implementing a four-day work week at his restaurant, highlighting its success in boosting employee morale.

We don't know about you, but we are fans of weekends. And social security. And health insurance. And the end of child labor! And all of these workplace protections exist because of the advocacy of labor unions. In this episode, American political scientist Margaret Levi shares the long history of organizing labor, and explains how unions create equality and protect worker rights. Margaret also discusses her optimism about today’s young workforce and why she believes that an equitable future requires a revival of the labor movement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leadership coach Anne Morriss, economist Juliet Schor, social psychologist Azim Shariff, and political scientist Margaret Levi discuss the value of curiosity and trust-building in problem-solving, the feasibility and impact of a four-day workweek on employee well-being and productivity, effort moralization and its impact on perceptions of hard work, and the role and challenges of unions in the modern world.

Political economist Margaret Levi advocates for the revival of labor movements to enhance equality and safeguard worker rights. She discusses how labor unions have historically secured essential rights like weekends and health insurance. The decline of union membership correlates with rising economic inequality, emphasizing the need for modern unions to adapt to the gig economy. Levi highlights innovative models like worker cooperatives and digital platforms that can empower workers today, showcasing unions' enduring relevance in creating a fairer society.

Why do people voluntarily hand over authority to a government? Under what conditions should they do so? These questions are both timeless and extremely timely, as modern democratic governments struggle with stability and legitimacy. They also bring questions from moral and political philosophy into conversations with empirically-minded social science. Margaret Levi is a leading political scientist who has focused on political economy and the nature of trust in government and other institutions. We talk about what democracy means, its current state, and how we can make it better.Support Mindscape on Patreon.Margaret Levi received her Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University. She is currently Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Center for Democracy, Development and Rule of Law at the Freeman Spogli Institute at Stanford University. She is also co-director of the Stanford Ethics, Society and Technology Hub, and the Jere L. Bacharach Professor Emerita of International Studies at the University of Washington. She is the winner of the 2019 Johan Skytte Prize and the 2020 Falling Walls Breakthrough. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the British Academy, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the American Association of Political and Social Sciences. She served as president of the American Political Science Association from 2004 to 2005. In 2014 she received the William H. Riker Prize in Political Science, in 2017 gave the Elinor Ostrom Memorial Lecture, and in 2018 received an honorary doctorate from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.Web pageStanford web pageGoogle Scholar publicationsAmazon author pageWikipediaTwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.