LAEDC 2018 Economic Forecast: Our Shrinking Middle Class

Our Economic Forecast will explore the state and regional economic outlook–insights you and your organization can use to better understand what’s on the horizon for tax reform, labor and wages.

This year’s Economic Forecast will also include a presentation and panel discussion, The Shrinking of the Middle Class: Key Findings and Strategies for Reversal. Dr. Manuel Pastor, Professor of Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity, USC, will lead this conversation and will moderate a panel discussion including experts in the areas of affordable housing, public policy, applied economics and workforce development.