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America's Bubble Addiction

Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 1:15pm
Does America have a flawed pattern of growth?

For over two decades, growth has depended on asset bubbles and rising indebtedness.  Business cycle recoveries have been marked by jobless recoveries and stagnant wages for most Americans. 
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Can Washington Power Up American Inventiveness?

Monday, July 20, 2009 - 1:15pm

A New America Foundation/Washington Monthly event

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Does America Need Manufacturing?

Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 1:15pm

Can the United States prosper and participate successfully in international trade with an economy based mainly on services and without manufacturing?

Ralph Gomory, one of America's leading economic thinkers, challenges the conventional wisdom about the post-industrial economy. Boldly clarifying classic economic analysis, Gomory explains why manufacturing continues to be essential to our prosperity.

Please join us for a provocative discussion on the future of the American economy.

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CA EVENT: What Does Armageddon Look Like?

Thursday, July 9, 2009 - 8:30pm
Late last year, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called California’s looming budget crisis a fiscal armageddon waiting to strike. Now, as the state faces a $24 billion budget shortfall and major cuts are inevitable, doomsday seems to have come to California, and particularly to its poorest. The one-million-plus Californians on CalWorks, the state’s main welfare program, could lose monthly income beginning in July. Support for those who care for disabled Californians is set to be slashed.
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The Green Bank

Thursday, July 9, 2009 - 4:30pm

Does America need a Green Bank? 

The Green Bank would be a U.S. government corporation charged with financing a wide range of clean energy technologies. Proponents argue that a Green Bank could help America achieve greater energy efficiency and independence while creating new jobs. The Clean Energy and Security Act, recently passed by the House of Representatives, included the Green Bank in the form of the Clean Energy Deployment Administration (CEDA).

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The Jobless Recovery

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 2:00pm

Despite ubiquitous talk of "green shoots," America's unemployment crisis is worse than most pundits and politicians care to acknowledge, and the nation is headed for a jobless recovery in which high unemployment will persist. That was the message delivered in a recent New America Foundation report and corresponding conference yesterday on Capitol Hill.

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Out of Balance?

Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 1:15pm

How can a dysfunctional and unsustainable relationship between the U.S. and China be reformed?

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Who Will Emerge Stronger After the Crisis?

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 1:15pm

Will China and the Gulf oil states have the U.S. over the proverbial barrel, or will the world's leading capitalist economy get lucky once again? On May 26, 2009, two of the New America Foundation's leading experts on geopolitics and the global economy joined with Foreign Policy magazine to debate which countries will emerge relatively stronger in the aftermath of the Great Recession.

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CA EVENT: On The Cutting Edge

Friday, May 8, 2009 - 12:00pm

Video: Part 1 of 2 | Part 2 of 2

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Beyond the Free Trade Agreement Impasse

Thursday, May 7, 2009 - 1:15pm

Please join Lori Wallach and Todd Tucker in a discussion of their book The Rise and Fall of Fast Track Trade Authority.

The digital version of the book is available at www.FastTrackHistory.org.

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