Philip Harvey - Demos

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ABOUT PHILLIP HARVEY
Professor Harvey received his B.A. degree from Yale University, his Ph.D. in economics from the New
School for Social Research, and his J.D. from Yale Law School. After clerking for the Honorable Robert L.
Carter in the Southern District of New York, he worked as a Litigation Associate specializing in employment
disputes at the New York law rm of Debevoise and Plimpton. He also has been a Visiting Scholar at the
Russell Sage Foundation, a Visiting Professor of Law and Economics at the Yale School of Organization and
Management, and was the rst Joanne Woodward Professor of Public Policy at Sarah Lawrence College.
Professor Harvey’s research focuses on public policy options for securing economic and social human rights,
with a particular emphasis on the right to work. He teaches Contracts, Labor and Employment Law, Law
& Economics, and Social Welfare Law and Policy.
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