Phillip Longman: All Publications, Events and Press

Bringing Back Rural America

Kirsten Gilbert — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:15:00 -0500

A New America Event
11/12/2009 - 12:00pm

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

Buffet Bets Big on Trains | The Takeaway

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:29:00 -0500

Joining us is Phillip Longman, Senior Research Fellow at the New America Foundation and author of “The Next Progressive Era: A Blueprint for Broad ...

Transportation Plan Looks at Rail Investment | Roanoke Times

Erin Drankoski — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:50:00 -0400

Those were themes revisited by several speakers Monday, including Phillip Longman, a senior research fellow for the New America Foundation, which describes itself as "a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute." ... Original Article

It's Not Socialized World After All

Erin Drankoski — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:02:00 -0400

During last year's Republican presidential primary season, candidate Rudy Giuliani succinctly captured what millions of Americans think about health care abroad. "These countries that say they provide universal coverage -- they pay a price for it, you know," Giuliani told his audience. "They do it by rationing care, by long waiting lines, and by limiting, or I should say eliminating a patient's choice."

Duggar Economics: The Costs of 19 Kids | Wall Street Journal

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:04:00 -0400

As demographer Phillip Longman observes, young white men since the 1970s have seen a 40% decline in income relative to their fathers--for young black men the ... and more »

Who Will Care for the Newly Insured? | New York Times

Cecille Isidro — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 11:11:00 -0400

... staffed by government employed doctors and health care providers, see Phillip Longman's book Best Care Anywhere, Why VA Health Care Is Better Than Yours ... and more »

A(nother) public option | Tulsa World

Cecille Isidro — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:35:00 -0400

Phillip Longman, the author of "The Best Care Anywhere: Why VA Health Care is Better Than Yours," recounts in a 2005 Washington Monthly article the horrific ... and more »

Why the Public Option Works | MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:19:00 -0400

Our next guest is Philip Longman, whose book "The Best Care Anywhere: Why V.A. Health Care is Better Than Yours" explores in details, if I might coin a phrase, why the V.A. health care is better than yours?

Thanks for joining me tonight. Phil, can you explain what the V.A.`s government-run health care plan is and why it works?

Code Red

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:00:00 -0400

The central contention of Barack Obama's vision for health care reform is straightforward: that our health care system today is so wasteful and poorly organized that it is possible to lower costs, expand access, and raise quality all at the same time--and even have money left over at the end to help pay for other major programs, from bank bailouts to high-speed rail.

The Return to Yeomanry

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:35:00 -0400

How to Prepare for the End of Social Security | U.S. News & World Report

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:32:00 -0400

... fastest-growing poverty group in the United States...so we're going to have to spend a lot of money on the elderly," says Phillip Longman, author of Born to Pay: The New Politics of Aging in America and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.

Few Hospitals Go Paperless Using Free VA Software | Boston Globe

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:27:00 -0400

Phillip Longman, a fellow at the New America Foundation and author of "Best Care Anywhere," a book about the Veterans Administration's quality-of-care revolution, said VistA is an unrecognized national resource. "It's really insane that we have a fully ...

The Empty Cradle | PBS

Erin Drankoski — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:14:00 -0400

The Next Progressive Era

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:45:00 -0400

A New America Event
04/14/2009 - 12:15pm

A discussion with Authors Phillip Longman and Ray Boshara, with Commentary by Mark Schmitt and Reihan Salam.

The Next Progressive Era

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:00:00 -0400

The Next Progressive Era provides a blueprint for a re-empowered progressive movement and describes its implications for American families, work, health, food, and savings.

Obama and the Government Can Save Detroit, If History Is Any Indicator

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:10:00 -0400

It has become an axiom of American politics that government will always and everywhere screw up if it gets hands-on control of a private industry. In reporting President Obama's big plans for General Motors and Chrysler on Tuesday, even the nominally liberal and learned New York Times bought into the notion, observing that, "In the past, the United States government had briefly nationalized steel makers and tried to run the railroads, with little success."

Washington's Turnaround Artists

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:08:00 -0400

The massive corporate bailouts that Washington is undertaking as a result of the economic crisis have left most of us feeling deeply nervous. It’s not just the price tag, measured in incomprehensible trillions. It’s also the fear that the problems of the financial and auto industries may be so deep and so tangled that no one can fix them--and certainly not a bunch of politicians and bureaucrats in Washington.

Government and Turning Around Companies | WTOP

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:21:00 -0400

Phillip Longman, Research Director of New America's Next Social Contract Initiaitve and co-author of The Next Progressive Era discusses President Obama's recent rejection of GM and Chrysler's turnaround plans. Link to audio

Headed Toward Extinction

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:52:00 -0400

World population will hit 7 billion by 2012, according to a recent United Nations report. Given that we just hit the 6 billion mark in October 1999, it is easy to conclude that there are just too many people in the world. How are we ever going to overcome global warming, feed the masses, get that beachfront property, let alone find parking, if the population keeps jumping by nearly one billion per decade?

US Needs Pact Based on Family | Washington Times

Cecille Isidro — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:19:00 -0400

America's society is -- and always has been -- completely dependent "on both the quantity and quality of other people's children," say Phillip Longman and David Gray, who study work and family issues at the New America Foundation think tank. ...