Economic inequality, whether measured by income or wealth, is at levels not seen in nearly 100 years.
Dr. Jon Haveman will explore trends in inequality, the sources of growing inequality, explore the potential implications, and discuss policies that might address issues of growing inequality.
There are a variety of policies that can be pursued that would reduce inequality. The appropriate policy is in direct response to the particular causes. Though there is no single cause, there are a variety that are not on the public’s radar. International trade and immigration, for instance, play a relatively small role.
Jon Haveman, Ph.D is Executive Director of the National Economic Education Delegation (NEED), a San Rafael nonprofit. He is also CEO of EconSpeak.org. He is a man on a mission to make economic policy literacy relevant and real.
For nearly two years, the United States has been aggressively using international trade policy to achieve its foreign policy goals. With no country is this exercise of power more clear than with China.
In this talk, we will discuss the various forms of trade policy that are being used and the likely economic implications.
Do tariffs create more jobs than they destroy?
Do they actually work for getting other countries to change their behavior?
What are the distributional implications?
Jon Haveman, Ph.D is Executive Director of the National Economic Education Delegation (NEED), a San Rafael nonprofit. He is also CEO of EconSpeak.org. He is a man on a mission to make economic policy literacy relevant and real.
Jon has more talks coming up at the library:
Wednesday, October 23 at 6:30 on Economic Inequality
Wednesday, November 13 at 6:30 on The Economics of Immigration.
This powerful and provocative presentation focuses on art made in the pivotal decades between 1963 and 1983, when issues of race and identity dominated and defined both public and private discourse. Rarely has an historical exhibition proved to be so timely—and to provoke so much meaningful discussion among its numerous viewers.
The works in Soul of a Nation were forged in a crucible of institutionalized racism and codified prejudice that had pervaded the entire American nation for centuries. Galvanized to take action, and inspired by the Civil Rights struggle for equality and justice, African American artists determined to use art and culture as catalysts for self-definition, self-empowerment, and self-determination.
The artists represented in Soul of a Nation worked in numerous cities across the United States and in multiple media. The de Young’s presentation of Soul of a Nation will include an expanded group of works by artists who worked in the Bay Area. Their paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, collages, assemblages, and custom clothing contributed to the Black Power movement by promoting personal and cultural pride, collective solidarity and empowerment, political and social activism, and pan-African nationalism. Long marginalized, these revelatory works and the enduring relevance of their messages are now understood to be central to the complex histories of American culture.
Ride with the Mongols and the Khans as they conquer their vast empires.
Known for his brutal military campaigns, Genghis Khan (c.1162–1227) is also credited with opening communication and trade along the Silk Road, facilitating the spread of culture and new technologies within Asia and between Asia and Europe. He and his descendants came to dominate the largest land empire in history. The history of the Khans will be told using objects from the Asian Art Museum’s collection. Come and see how his legacy continued to influence history for over 800 hundred years.
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Musée d’Orsay, Paris are co-organizing James Tissot: Fashion & Faith, the first major reassessment of the artist’s career in over 20 years. At San Francisco’s Legion of Honor Museum (10/12/19-2/9/20), this international retrospective will examine approximately 60 paintings, additional works on paper, and cloisonné enamels by Tissot. Exhibition highlights are drawn from the permanent collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, including Tissot’s Self Portrait (ca. 1865) as well as prints and photographs from the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts. New scholarship on the artist presented in this collaboration demonstrates that even Tissot’s most ebullient society paintings reveal rich and complex commentary on topics such as nineteenth-century society, religion, fashion, and politics, rendering him an artist worthy of reexamination in the twenty-first century.
Utopia is Everywhere.
Many artists have sought a place to commune, create, and craft outside the convention and strictures of society. They have set up dozens of artist communities, some utopian, some dystopian, from 19th century American utopian experiments to 20th century enclaves like Arcosanti and, of course, Burning Man. What have they achieved? What goals do they serve? Come find out.
Independent Docent Speaker: Avril Angevine
This talk coincides with the Art of Burning Man exhibit at the Oakland Museum, 10/12/2019 – 2/16/2020.
We will be having Patio Sales in our garden in front of Friends Books each Friday and Saturday in August during our usual open hours of 10:00 to 4:00.
Each sale will offer fiction for summer reading, an extensive collection of both popular and classical CDs, plus a different theme each week: cooking, gardening, sports, travel and so on.
Those interested may call Friends Books at 415-453-1443 for that week’s theme.
In addition, the store will be participating in the city’s Summer Sidewalk Sale on Saturday, August 24th, 11:00 to 5:00.
Join us for National Night Out at Pickleweed in collaboration with Community Services, Police and Fire Departments of the City of San Rafael. This community celebration marks the end of our 2019 Summer Reading Challenge. Enjoy a warm summer night outside at Pickleweed BBQ Area adjacent to the library. Festivities include a family Zumba Class at 5:30PM, visits from San Rafael Fire and Police Department, a small concert from members of Enriching Lives with Music ELM, BBQ and food for all, music and games. Come to get your prizes for participating in our Summer Reading Challenge!
In this demonstration led by artist Gary Francis, students will learn the basics of traditional cartooning. Students will learn how to draw a cartoon head using basic shapes, as well as how to construct smaller shapes and facial features onto the larger head shape.
We will be using techniques that hand drawn animators and cartoonists from the past used, which don’t get taught too often these days. Little known tips and tricks for checking your work and improving your drawings will also be revealed.
Please join us for this fun, educational cartooning demo, it’ll be a blast!
Tinker away on Tinkercad, a free online 3D modeling software. All levels welcome– teach and learn from your peers. Everyone will walk away having designed a 3D object, whether it’s a personalized key chain or a dice tower to impress your D&D crew.
Best of all, the library will print your design on our 3D printer!
