Recorded on 4/24/12 America’s Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do about It
The gap between the richest and poorest Americans has been growing since 1979—reversing a half-century of progress toward more broadly shared prosperity. In his new book, The Great Divergence: America’s Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do about It, New Republic columnist Timothy Noah traces the economic and political policies and practices that led to the country’s growing wealth gap.
Featured Panelists:
Daniel Alpert, Century Foundation fellow and a founding managing partner of Westwood Capital, LLC
Robert Hockett, Century Foundation fellow and professor at Cornell University Law School
Timothy Noah, columnist The New Republic, and author The Great Divergence: America’s Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do about It
Dorian Warren, assistant professor of International and Public Affairs, the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, and fellow at the Roosevelt Institute
Greg Anrig (moderator), vice president for policy and program, The Century Foundation
Forward Thinking. Forward Movement. The Century Foundation is a nonprofit, progressive think tank founded in 1919, making us the second oldest in the country. We conduct long-form policy research to find solutions on inequality in today's world. http://tcf.org
