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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
Viewers submitted questions by emailing [email protected] or by joining the conversation on Twitter using #WolfAtTheDoor.
Agenda
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October 1
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Welcome and introduction
William G. Gale The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy, Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Co-Director - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center @WilliamGale2 -
Book presentation: “The Wolf at the Door: The Menace of Economic Insecurity and How to Fight It”
Moderator
William G. Gale The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy, Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Co-Director - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center @WilliamGale2Presenter
Michael Graetz Professor Emeritus - Columbia Law School, Professor Emeritus - Yale Law School, Author - The Power to Destroy: How the Antitax Movement Hijacked AmericaDiscussant
Camille Busette Interim Vice President and Director - Governance Studies, Director - Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative @CamilleBusette
Neera Tanden President - Center for American Progress
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