Crisis in the States and Cities: What Should Be Done?
EPS Bernard L. Schwartz Symposium: Working Groups on the Economics Crisis
Co-sponsored by The New America Foundation
Program
Welcoming Remarks: James K. Galbraith — Economists for Peace and Security (video)
Session One: Workers' Rights, Workers' Pay, and Local Public Services: Are workers and unions the cause of state budget crises? (video, transcript)
Chair: James K. Galbraith — Economists for Peace and Security
Jeffrey Keefe — Economic Policy Institute
Kerry Korpi — AFSCME
Dean Baker — Center for Economic and Policy Research
Keynote Speaker: Lynn Woolsey — US House of Representatives (D-CA) (video, transcript)
Session Two: State Governments: How bad is it? The role of state governments in infrastructure, science, and education (transcript)
Chair: Sherle Schwenninger — New America Foundation, Economic Growth and American Strategy Programs
Gary Dymski — University of California, Riverside
Robert B. Ward — Rockefeller Institute of Government
Katherine Newman — Johns Hopkins University
Session Three: The National Responsibility and a Course of Action (video, transcript)
Chair: Richard Kaufman, Bethesda Research Institute
Michael Lind — New America Foundation, Economic Growth Program
James K. Galbraith — Economists for Peace and Security
Greg Anrig — The Century Foundation
Randall Dodd — Financial Policy Forum
Steven Attewell — University of California, Santa Barbara
