The wolf at the door: The menace of economic insecurity and how to fight it
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How can policymakers make Americans more economically secure? In a new book, “The Wolf at the Door: The Menace of Economic Insecurity and How to Fight It,” Michael Graetz and Ian Shapiro argue that the solution is neither protectionism nor class warfare but rather a return to the hard work of building coalitions around realistic goals and pursuing these goals doggedly through the political system.
On October 1, Brookings hosted Michael Graetz to discuss these ideas and the recommendations that he and Shapiro developed for increasing jobs, boosting wages, strengthening unemployment protections, and raising access to high-quality and affordable health care and child care. A distinguished panel of discussants then responded to these ideas.
Copies of the book, “The Wolf at the Door: The Menace of Economic Insecurity and How to Fight It,” can be purchased from Harvard University Press
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Agenda
Welcome and introduction
William G. Gale
The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy
Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Director - Retirement Security Project
Co-Director - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
Book presentation: “The Wolf at the Door: The Menace of Economic Insecurity and How to Fight It”
Michael Graetz
Professor - Columbia Law School; Professor Emeritus, Yale University
Author - “The Wolf at the Door: The Menace of Economic Insecurity and How to Fight It”
Camille Busette
Interim Vice President and Director - Governance Studies
Director - Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative
William G. Gale
The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy
Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Director - Retirement Security Project
Co-Director - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
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