Who's Afraid of the Fiscal Cliff?
EPS Bernard L. Schwartz Symposium
Co-sponsored by The New America Foundation
This event was broadcast live on C-SPAN 2.
Program
Welcoming Remarks: James K. Galbraith — Economists for Peace and Security
Session One: On the Cliff
Chair: Stan Collender — Qorvis' National Director of Financial Communications
James Galbraith — Economists for Peace and Security
Stephanie Kelton — University of Missouri–Kansas City
Chad Stone — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Bruce Bartlett
Session Two: On the Military Sequester
Chair: Richard Kaufman — Bethesda Research Institute
Heather Hurlburt — National Security Network
Carl Conetta — Project on Defense Alternatives
William Hartung — Center for International Policy, Arms and Security Project
Winslow Wheeler — Project On Government Oversight, Straus Military Reform Project
Session Three: Essential Priorities: Social Security/Medicare/Medicaid and Infrastructure
Chair: Michael Ettlinger — Center for American Progress
Michael Lind — New America Foundation, Economic Growth Program
Sherle Schwenninger — New America Foundation, Economic Growth and American Strategy Programs
Monique Morrissey — Economic Policy Institute
Mark Schmitt — Roosevelt Institute
Press
Fiscal Cliff? Obama Urged Not To Panic, by Dan Froomkin, for The Huffington Post
‘Fiscal Cliff’ Concerns Intensify, by Shar Adams, for The Epoch Times
Economists Look For Ways to Avoid the "Fiscal Cliff", C-SPAN video coverage