[URPE] CEPA Publication on Recession

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The Schwartz Center for Economic Policy and New America Foundation
Present
	“It’s the Economic Recovery Plan, Stupid”	


ECONOMISTS, BUSINESS EXECUTIVES DEBATE THE LONG-TERM RESPONSE TO
RECESSION:
CONSUMER SPENDING VS. INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT

Present New Publication, The Promise of Public Investment, Based on
Year-Long Series Questioning Conventional Wisdom on Fiscal Policy


WHAT:	With debate on the recession changing from “if” to
“when” to “how long”, The New School’s Schwartz Center
for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) and New America Foundation will
host a panel of top economists and business executives titled, “It’s
the Economic Recovery Plan, Stupid.” SCEPA will also present a new
publication, The Promise of Public Investment, based on this year-long
series of forums designed to question the conventional wisdom on U.S.
economic policy.

The panel will discuss the economic and political realities behind the
debate on how best to stimulate the economy, including how a major
public infrastructure investment might serve as a centerpiece of a
longer-term recovery program. Topics will include an analysis of
short-term stimulus options, such as the rebate check package, and
long-term investment options which would authorize federal spending for
state and local projects including a congressional proposal by Senators
Dodd and Hagel and supported by Senators Obama and Clinton.

WHO:	Welcome:	Bob Kerrey, President of The New School; former
U.S. Senator,
Governor of Nebraska

Keynote Speech: Laura D’Andrea Tyson, Former Chair of the Council of
Economic Advisors; Professor of
Economics, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Panelists:  	Heidi Crebo-Rediker, Co-Director, New America
Foundation’s Global Strategic Finance Initiative; Former Senior
Investment Banker with Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch & Bear Stearns
	            Tom Gallagher, Senior Managing Director,
International Strategy and Investment Group, Inc.
             	Lawrence Mishel, President, The Economic Policy
Institute

Moderator: 	Teresa Ghilarducci, Irene and Bernard L. Schwartz
Professor of Economic Policy Analysis at the New School for Social
Research

WHEN: 		Thursday, May 22, 2008, 8:30a.m.-10:30a.m.

WHERE: 		Arnhold Hall, Theresa Lang Community and Student
Center
55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor, New York, NY

TICKETS: 	Admission is free, but RSVP is required.  Please call
212.229.5662 x3570 or email specialevents at newschool.edu.

For more information about the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy
Analysis, please visit www.newschool.edu/cepa.
For more information about New America Foundation, please visit
www.newamerica.net



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