Bootstrap Capitalism
Event
Sponsored By:
The New America Foundation
PolicyAmerica
Center for Social Development, Washington University
Institute on Assets and Social Policy, Brandeis University
A key question the panelists and audience explored was, "What are the components of the next generation of anti-poverty policies in the U.S.? What roles do asset building and financial services play? What are the other components? And how can a new anti-poverty agenda move forward?
Participants
- Ray Boshara
Director, Asset Building Program, New America Foundation - Michael Tanner
Cato Institute - Peter Edelman
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center - Michael Stegman
MacRae Professor and Chari, Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina - Max Sawicky
Economist, Economic Policy Institute - Floyd Flake
Former U.S. House Representative; and Senior Pastor, The Greater Allen Cathedral, Jamaica, Queens, New York - David Stoesz
Director, policyAmerica - Ernest Skinner
Vice-President and Community Relations Director, Citibank - Harold E. Ford Jr.
(D-TN), U.S. House of Representatives - J. Larry Brown
Director, Institute on Assets and Social Policy, Heller School of Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University - Michael Sherraden
Director, Center for Social Development, Washington University - Howard Karger
Professor of Social Policy, University of Houston - Katy Jacob
Senior Analyst, Center for Financial Services Innovation, Shorebank - Dave Buchholz
Director, Applied Research and Innovation, CFED - Robert Kuttner
Founding Editor, The American Prospect