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DocumentRogers, J. “Seizing the Opportunity (for Climate, Jobs, and Equity) in Building Energy Efficiency”. Innovation and Equity Transform America, Community Innovators Lab, MIT, 2008, pp. 91-107.
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DocumentRogers, J., and J. Cohen. “How’re We Doing: Reflecting on Moral Progress in America”. The Good Society, Vol. 17, no. 1, 2008, pp. 13-19.
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DocumentRogers, J., and D. Luria. “Manufacturing, Regional Prosperity, and Public Policy”. Retooling for Growth: Building a 21st Century Economy in America’s Older Industrial Areas, Brookings Institution Press, 2008, pp. 249-74.
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Rogers, J. Seizing the Opportunity (for Climate, Jobs, and Equity) in Building Energy Efficiency. COWS, 2007.
Building retrofits, with their associated cost-savings for the working class and poor and “green collar” job opportunities, are a natural way to meet both demands. This opportunity is especially evident in cities, with their density of inefficient buildings, poor people, generally progressive politics, and leadership on climate.
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Freeman, R. B., and J. Rogers. “The Promise of Progressive Federalism”. Remaking America: Democracy and Public Policy in an Age of Inequality, Russell Sage Foundation, 2007, pp. 205-27.
There is much in federalism that should excite anyone seeking the variety, experimentation, and learning that states can bring to finding solutions to national problems. Progressive federalism seeks to harness this potential state contribution to our national democracy without retreating from civil rights and a national affirmative state.
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Dresser, L., and J. Rogers. The State of Working Wisconsin 2006. COWS, 2006.
COWS releases The State of Working Wisconsin every two years, in conjunction with the release of The State of Working America by the Economic Policy Institute.
2006 marks the 10th year of the publication and the expansion of the report to include ‘COWS Issue Spotlights’ highlighting key Wisconsin topics such as health care and pension benefits, the trap of low wage jobs, and Wisconsin’s energy use. In addition, the report features ‘Fast Facts,’ making it easier for readers to quickly access key state statistics.
Documents include both Full Report and Executive Summary.
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Rogers, J. Build the High Road Here. Vol. 282, The Nation, 2006, pp. 25-26.
In The Nation, April 17, 2006, Build the High Road Here asserts that the “high road”- a road of increased productivity, improved government efficiency, higher citizen engagement, implemented environmental standards, and smart growth policies that reduce commuting times and lower real housing costs- should all serve as an internationals strategy to balance capital markets and strengthen democracy.
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Luria, D., and J. Rogers. Babies, Bathwater, and American Manufacturing: What’s Worth Saving and How. COWS, 2006.
Research has suggested that certain manufacturing sectors should be “saved” over other sectors with respect to changes within international competitive markets. The authors report on Sustained Advanced Manufacturing.
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DocumentRogers, J., L. Dresser, M. Vidal, and H. Wial. “‘Full-Utilization Learning Lean’ In Component Manufacturing: A New Industrial Model for Mature Regions, and Labor’s Stake in Its Success”. Number WP-2006-03, Sloan Industry Studies Working Papers, 2006.
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Rogers, J. Memo on Hurricane Katrina: New Orleans and Gulf Reconstruction . COWS, 2005.
Released September 11, 2005, Joel Rogers offers his insight on Hurricane Katrina proposing that the disaster following the storm is a result of a region made vulnerable to the effects of a hurricane because of low-road development, such as unregulated construction and other development, low wages and concentrated poverty, disrespect for nature, starved and unaccountable government agencies without much serious interest in or capacity for planning.
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