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On November 12, 2009, Patrick Carr of Rutgers University came to the New America Foundation to discuss his new book, “Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What It Means for America.”  Two parts sociology and one part public policy, Professor Carr’s book traces the life courses of residents of a rural Iowa community: who leaves, who stays, and who returns.  In his passionate remarks, Carr offered numerous anecdotes about the people he met during the course of his research; explained the causes and consequences of the rural “brain drain”

The Asset Building Program hosted an event Wednesday, July 11 in conjunction with the release of the July/August issue of The Washington Monthly. Themed “The Future of Success,” the issue focuses on the increasing relevance of asset building in the lives of all Americans, as employment alone has lost the ability to sustain a vibrant and dynamic middle class.

Health Care Delivery Reform: As tens of million of Americans gain access to an already broken health care system, what can we learn from the transformation of nation's veterans hospitals?

On November 13, 2008, the New America Foundation’s Next Social Contract Initiative and Workforce and Family Program hosted a discussion around the release of, “A Family-Based Social Contract,”  written by David Gray and Phillip Longman.  In their paper, Gray, the Director of New America’s Workforce and Family Program, and Longman, Schwartz Senior Fellow and Research Director of the Next Social Contract Initiative, argue that policymakers should focus on supporting parents and children early in life.  Gray and Longman were joined in t

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The yeoman tradition—in which the small property owner and the entrepreneur represent an American ideal—inspired many of the nation’s founders, Thomas Jefferson most notably. Yet today, deregulation and a lax interpretation of anti-trust law make it increasingly difficult for small businesses to even access local markets.

On January 30, 2009, the New America Foundation hosted a panel discussion around the release of a Washington Monthly cover story and new proposal in the "Big Ideas" series. Featured speaker Phillip Longman, Senior Fellow at New America and Research Director of the Next Social Contract Initiative, pitched his plan to dramatically increase investment in freight rail infrastructure as part of the

Recent headlines about Walter Reed Army Medical Center have brought the military health care system under scrutiny. Yet despite problems with access, The Department of Veteran Affairs’ system of care, (which doesn’t run Walter Reed) turns out, in study after study, to outperform the rest of the American health care system by virtually all measures. These include patient satisfaction, patient safety, prevention, disease management, use of evidence-based medicine, information technology, and cost effectiveness.

Ten years ago, veterans hospitals were dangerous, dirty, and scandal-ridden. Today, as Phillip Longman reports in the cover story of the current issue of the The Washington Monthly, they're producing what is demonstrably the highest quality care in America.

The Asset Building Program hosted an event Thursday, March 29^th to investigate the concept of “encore careers” as a potential way to bridge the retirement income gap.