Revising Policy Assumptions in the Wake of The Great Recession
Blog Post
Oct. 25, 2010
Tomorrow morning at the Reagan Building, the Asset Building Program is co-hosting an event with our Economic Growth Program. The focus of the event is on the aftermath of the Great Recession, the performance of the social safety net, and how programs should be changed, modernized or replaced in order to be most effective. Here's the agenda:
8:30AM to 9:00AM: Registration and Coffee
9:00AM to 9:15AM: Welcome and Introduction
9:15AM to 10:10AM: The Need for New Approaches to Full Employment
Sherle Schwenninger
Director, Economic Growth Program, New America Foundation
Heidi Shierholz
Economist, Economic Policy Institute
James Galbraith
Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations
Professor of Government, University of Texas at Austin
Moderator
Michael Lind
Policy Director, Economic Growth Program, New America Foundation
10:10AM to 11:05AM: The Adequacy of the Social Safety Net
Heather Boushey
Senior Economist, Center for American Progress
Christopher Howard
Pamela C. Harriman Professor of Government and Public Policy
College of William & Mary
Michael Lind
Policy Director, Economic Growth Program, New America Foundation
Moderator
Mark Schmitt
Executive Editor, The American Prospect
11:05AM to 12:00PM: Credit, Savings, and Homeownership
Jonathan Mintz
Commissioner, Department of Consumer Affairs, City of New York
Sarah Rosen Wartell
Executive Vice President, Center for American Progress
Mike Konczal
Fellow, Roosevelt Institute
Author, Rortybomb
Moderator
Reid Cramer
Director, Asset Building Program, New America Foundation
12:00PM to 1:00: Keynote Speaker and Lunch
Jared Bernstein
Chief Economist, Economic Policy Adviser to Vice President Joseph R. Biden