Heads Up! Social Security/"deficit reduction." Panel discussion in NYC, ACTION ALERT nationwide

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by: Paul Rosenberg
Mon Nov 29, 2010 at 18:00

* Hopefully there will be detailed reporting on each speakers input to post here after the panel discussion Dec. 2nd.

Action Alert: Social Security call-in tomorrow on the flip!

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But first, for those of you in the NYC area, a chance to hear directly from some of America's most knowledgeable thinkers:



Join the Roosevelt Institute on
December 2nd, from 8-11am

at NYC's Harvard Club 27 West 44th St.

for a panel discussion of the Bipartisan Deficit Commission Report, the future of the U.S. Economy, and the prospects for policy change in the wake of the midterm elections.

The conversation will be framed by the release of three new Roosevelt Institute White Papers:

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Democracy in Peril: The American Turnout Problem and the Path to Plutocracy

Walter Dean Burnham

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A World Upside Down: Deficit Fantasies in the Great Recession

Thomas Ferguson and Robert Johnson

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Principles and Guidelines For Deficit Reduction

Joseph Stiglitz

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Because space is limited, please RSVP to Madeleine Ehrlich at [e-mail] or 212.444.9138.
Continental breakfast served from 8:00 to 8:30 AM
Students are Welcome
Paul Rosenberg :: Heads Up! Social Security/"deficit reduction." Panel discussion in NYC, ACTION ALERT nationwide



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