On Wednesday, July 11, Roosevelt Institute Senior Fellow Mark Schmitt will join the New America Foundation for its event, "Jobs are Not Enough: Why are the Campaigns Ignoring Americans' Lost Wealth?" at the New America offices in Washington, DC. The 2012 presidential race is shaping up to be about one thing: jobs. But are jobs enough to get this economy going when the average American feels broke? Panelists will look at questions including: What can government do to help ordinary Americans avoid ruinous debt and rebuild their wealth? Can a tax code that directs nearly half a trillion dollars in investment subsidies mostly to Americans who are already well-to-do be reformed to provide an opportunity to help average Americans build wealth? Could such an agenda put the economy back on a path to sustained, broad-based economic growth?
Where: New America Foundation, 1899 L St. NW Suite 400, Washington DC, 20036
When: Wednesday, July 11, 2012, 9:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Panelists:
Senior Fellow Mark Schmitt
Phil Longman, Senior Fellow and Project Editor, Washington Monthly
Dana Goldstein, Bernard L. Schwartz Fellow, New America Foundation
Reid Cramer, Director, Asset Building Program, New America Foundation