The Economic and Security Future : Economists for Peace and Security, Bernard L. Schwartz Symposium
Monday, November 17, 2014
8:30 am – 1:30 pm
Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill
400 New Jersey Avenue
Washington, DC 20001
As national attention pivots away from the mid-terms, EPS will present a packed and provocative tour of the major issues immediately ahead. This Bernard Schwartz symposium will assess the economic outlook, including for growth, jobs and wages, and open up discussion of the major challenges facing the country and this administration in its final two years. On the global front, it will address the deepening crisis in Iraq and Syria, the tensions with Russia and in the Far East. Damon Silvers, policy director for the AFL-CIO and former Vice Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel on the TARP, and Senator Jim Webb will deliver keynotes. There will be three panels, with participation from many of America's most distinguished policy economists and security specialists, including James Galbraith, Steve Clemons, Allen Sinai, Ralph Gomory, William Hartung and Michael Lind.
Agenda
8:30 am Registration and Breakfast
9:00 am Welcome Remarks
James K. Galbraith
Economists for Peace and Security
9:10 am - 10:05 am Session One: World Security Situation - Russia, Iraq and Syria, and Beyond
Chair:
Richard Kaufman
Bethesda Research Institute
Carl Conetta
Project on Defense Alternatives
Bill Hartung
Center for International Policy
Heather Hurlburt
New America
10:05 am - 10:35 am Keynote
Damon Silvers
Policy Director, AFL-CIO
10:35 am - 11:30 am Session Two: Growth and Jobs
Chair:
James K. Galbraith
Economists for Peace and Security
Bill Spriggs
AFL-CIO
Allen Sinai
Decision Economics
Stephanie Kelton
University of Missouri, Kansas City
Ralph Gomory
New York University
11:30 am - 12:00 pm Keynote
Senator Jim Webb
D-VA (2007-2013)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Session Three: Agenda Ahead: Climate, Infrastructure, Finance and Security
Chair:
Marshall Auerback
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Rachel Cleetus
Union of Concerned Scientists
Michael Lind
New America
Steve Clemons
The Washington Note
Bruce Bartlett
Closing Statements
James K. Galbraith
Economists for Peace and Security