Since its inception, New America has hosted more than 500 high-profile public events. Each of these events seeks to shed new light on the major policy issues of our day, and typically features leading thinkers from across the political spectrum. More often than not, the events are newsmaking in their own right.
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"This is going to be a different
recovery than the past, because Americans are going to have to save more." -Tim Geithner, US Secretary of the Treasury
Saving is a key to economic mobility as well as
economic recovery. Despite the critical importance of savings, most Americans,
especially those with low incomes, are not saving enough. Federal policy
encourages saving for the wealthy, but for low-income Americans saving is often
discouraged and the path to self-sufficiency is made more difficult.
On November 19, 2009, Native Public Media and the New America Foundation's Open
Technology Initiative will release New Media, Technology and Internet Use
in Indian Country: Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses, one of
the most extensive studies of on the ground technology use, access, and
adoption in Native American lands. Demonstrating the great need to include Native Americans in the discourse around
the National Broadband Plan, the report combines both a survey of Native American technology
The
current state of the "shadow banking system," rising unemployment
rates, the sinking value of the dollar, and the lasting mortgage crisis demonstrate the need for long-view
reform.
The Next Stage will
consider the larger implications of the new administration's economic
policy on the economy and the international financial and monetary system. Featured speakers include James K. Galbraith, Stephany Griffith-Jones, Jan
Kregel, Robert Johnson, and others.
Thousands of small towns in rural America are
being depopulated, or hollowed out. The brightest and most ambitious young
people in many communities abandon the heartland for greater challenges and
rewards in cities. This is a major policy problem that has largely escaped
media and political attention. What are the implications of this exodus? What
trends of "smallness" can help counter it? What policies should Washington be pursuing to
support small communities? Come join the… more
