Dr. Richard A. Levins

Dr. Levins is Professor Emeritus of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota. He is an award-winning author of books about policy and market power issues affecting the food system. His articles have appeared in major newspapers across the country, in leading industry publications, and in professional journals. His writing draws upon a 25-year academic career involving both advising on-going businesses and teaching economic principles at the college level. He now maintains an active practice in consulting, writing, and public speaking.

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Former University of Minnesota economics professor Dick Levins says unions will lead the fight for higher wages

“We’re about this far away from Willie Nelson holding a benefit concert for the middle class,” said former University of Minnesota economics professor Dick Levins, holding his forefinger and thumb a penny’s width apart.  Levins, the keynote speaker at MEA’s Building Full Capacity Locals training session on ESP issues Jan. 11, said America’s middle class is in economic peril.  “Four years of economic growth has produced no gains for typical American workers,” Levins said. “Over four years, their average inflation-adjusted wage has risen by one penny an hour. One in four Americans is slipping out of the middle class.”

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