There has been no shortage of hand-wringing about America’s current unemployment crisis, which is unprecedented in modern times. But what has been lacking is a set of concrete proposals to address the jobs crisis in concert with other significant problems facing the United States: creaking infrastructure, climate change, and massive current account and fiscal deficits.
To refocus the debate on sustainable economic redevelopment, the New America Foundation, Economists for Peace & Security (EPS) and Bernard Schwartz are hosting “Jobs, Investment and Energy: Meeting President Obama’s Challenge,” a symposium that will bring together leading politicians, academics, and policy thinkers to offer recommendations for the economic redevelopment of America.
Event details are available here.
I have pasted the full agenda below.
8:30am – Registration & Breakfast
9:00am – Welcoming Remarks
James K. Galbraith
Economists for Peace and Security
Bernard Schwartz
Chairman, BLS Investments
Member of the Board, New America Foundation
9:15 to 9:45am – Keynote Speaker
The Hon. Edward G. Rendell
Governor of Pennsylvania
9:50 to 11:00am – Session One: How to Budget for Jobs & Investments
chair
Allen Sinai
Decision Economics
featured speakers
Marshall Auerback
RAB Capital Plc
Linda Bilmes
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
James K. Galbraith
Economists for Peace & Security
11:00 to 12:10pm – Session Two: Rebuilding America: How to Do It & How to Pay for It
chair
James K. Galbraith
Economists for Peace & Security
featured speakers
John Alic
Consultant
Pew Center for Global Climate Change
Sherle R. Schwenninger
Director, Economic Growth Program
New America Foundation
John Robert Behrman
Democratic Executive Committeeman
Thirteenth Senate District of Texas
Michael Lind
Policy Director, Economic Growth Program
New America Foundation
12:10pm to 1:30pm – Session Three: Energy and Climate: What is the Program?
chair
Richard Kaufman
Bethesda Research Group
featured speakers
Marcellus Andrews
Barnard College
Kate Gordon
Energy Policy, Center for American Progress
Charles Hall
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Lisa Margonelli
Director, Energy Policy Initiative
New America Foundation
— Ben Katcher
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