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U.S.-EUROPE SEMINAR
Ideas / Politics / Literature / Economy

What Lies Ahead for the U.S. in Europe…and the World ?

A Post-Election Discussion
with
Janet C. Gornick (CUNY)
Scott Malcomson (New York Times)
Nadia Urbinati (Columbia)

When: Tuesday, November 16,  6:00-8:00 p.m.
(Wine and cheese reception at 5:30)

Where:  Baruch College
Newman Conference Center, Room 763
151 E. 25th Street, New York, NY

Janet C. Gornick is Associate Professor of Political Science at Baruch College and
the CUNY Graduate Center. She is the author of Families That Work : Policies for
Reconciling Parenthood and Employment (Russell Sage Foundation, 2003). She is
also Associate Director of the Luxembourg Income Study, an international social
welfare research institute based in Luxembourg, and a consultant to the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris.

Scott Malcomson is an editor at the New York Times Magazine. He was senior
adviser to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and
before that an editor at the New York Times Op-Ed Page. His articles have appeared
in The New Yorker, London Review of Books, Transition, The New Republic, and
elsewhere. His books are One Drop of Blood : The American Misadventure of Race
(2002), Empire’s Edge : Travels in Southeastern Europe, Turkey and Central Asia
(1993), and Tuturani : A Political Journey in the Pacific Islands (1989).

Nadia Urbinati is an Associate Professor in political theory at Columbia University.
She is the author of Mill on Democracy : from the Athenian Polis to Representative
Govenment (University of Chicago Press, 2002), which received the David and
Elaine Spitz Prize as the best book in liberal and democratic theory published in
2002. She co-edited with Monique Canto-Sperber Le socialisme libéral : Une
anthologie : Europe-Etats-Unis (Editions Esprit, 2003).  She has published several
books in Italian and edited Carlo Rosselli, Liberal Socialism (Princeton University
Press, 1994).

For further information, contact John Brenkman : 646-312-3921.
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We are pleased to inform you that CUNY is again working with NYC Department of
Consumer Affairs as part of this year’s citywide Earned Income Tax Credit
awareness campaign.  We through this might be of interest to you.


THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT IN NEW YORK CITY

What is the Earned Income Tax Credit?
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) returns federal, state, and city government
dollars to working families and individuals through either a credit on their taxes or as
cash refunds.  This helps people cover basic expenses.

IT’S YOUR MONEY

If you have children and your household income is less than $35,000 a year, you
can qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).  The EITC can pay as much as
$5,000 for each year that you qualify.  You can only get it when you file your taxes.
And it’s your money, a tax refund for doing your part, earning a living while taking
care of your family.

In January, when you receive your W-2 forms, call the NYC general helpline at 311
to learn more about the EITC or check online to www.nyc.gov/eitc.


For Eligibility Requirements and Credit Amounts for 2004 Visit Web Site