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June 12, 2007
June 12 Panel: "Balanced Budgets: Holy Grail or Overrated?"
Democracy: A Journal of Ideas
Please join us Tuesday, June 12, 2007, for a panel discussion to celebrate the first anniversary of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. (And if you can't make it, be sure to check our website by 6 pm on June 12 for a webcast of the event.)
Balanced Budgets: Holy Grail or Overrated?
Debating the Future of Progressive Fiscal Policy
Lawrence Summers, former Secretary of the Treasury and Charles W. Eliot University Professor of Harvard University
Gene Sperling, President Clinton's National Economic Advisor; author of The Pro-Growth Progressive
Steven Rattner, Managing Principal of Quadrangle Group, LLC
Isabel Sawhill, Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, former OMB Associate Director
Bernard Schwartz, Chairman and CEO of BLS Investments, LLC; former CEO and Chairman of Loral Space and Communications
Jeff Faux, founding President and Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute
Kenneth Baer and Andrei Cherny, editors of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas
Opening remarks by former Governor of Virginia Mark Warner
When Bill Clinton took office in 1993, he decided to make fiscal responsbility the first principle of his Administration's economic policy. Fifteen years later, should the next president have that same priority? Today, some are arguing that a return to fiscal responsibility post-Bush is an essential first step to improving the economic situation of middle-class Americans. Other say that deficit reduction should take a backseat to targeted activism in areas like health care and education. In a globalized economy, where capital is mobile and Americans are anxious, do we still put balanced budgets first? For the first time, some of the most prominent voices in progressive economic policymaking are coming together to explore this pressing question.
1 PM to 2:30 PM
Human Rights Campaign Building
1640 Rhode Island Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036
RSVP
202-263-4382
rsvp@democracyjournal.org
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From Democracy's Pages to Law of the Land
News: A letter from Editor Michael Tomasky on the signing of the financial regulatory reform bill -- and the new consumer financial watchdog it establishes that was first written about in Democracy.
Experts Respond to "The Baby Business"
News: Some of the world's leading adoption organizations and experts have responded to E.J. Graff's piece from our last issue.
America 2021: The Military and the World
The Defense Roundtable: Our largest threat: Pakistan. Our alliances: reshuffled by demographics. Terrorism: on the wane (maybe). New frontier for conflict: the Arctic cirlce. Four experts discuss
The Hezbollah Problem
Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson: To defang Iran, and help Lebanon and Israel, we must demilitarize Hezbollah. Which means we'll have to talk to them.
The Rove Legacy
Thomas B. Edsall: He concedes nothing. He accepts no responsibility. He blames liberals. Why Karl Rove is still an icon for today's Republicans.
Toward an i-Welfare State
James P. Pinkerton: When will all the benefits of e-commerce come to e-government? A response to the previous issue's symposium on liberalism.
The Debate Inside Iran
Nader Hashemi: Some fascinating Iranian intellectuals are laying the groundwork for democracy. What chance of success do they have?
V-Day in the Culture Wars
Ethan Porter: The culture wars are over, and we've won. We should learn to celebrate that--and move on to the next battle that demands our attention.
Against Despair
Michael Tomasky: How our misreading of history harms progressivism today.
DMV Liberalism
Joe Klein: Good governance--starting with transparency and citizen access--is the predicate for everything else.
What Happened to Women?
Katha Pollitt: Instead of moving to the center, liberalism should try embracing people who are actually liberals—starting with women.
Obama and Civic Idealism
Michael Sandel: Obama can still redefine liberalism, but he must bring economic power to heel.
Radical Sheet
Elbert Ventura: What the short, rumbustious history of Ramparts magazine means for modern journalism.
Wilson, Past and Present
Trygve Throntveit: The neoconservatives turned Woodrow Wilson into something he was not. In truth, Obama is more like him than Bush ever was.
Obama Proposes Consumer Financial Protection Agency
News: President Barack Obama has proposed the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, an idea first written about in Democracy.
That Old College Lie
Kevin Carey: Are our colleges teaching students well? No. But here's how to make them.
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