Author Discussion on Politics
A discussion on politics from the 16th annual Annapolis Book Festival that featured Amy Siskind, The List: A Week-by-Week Reckoning of Trump’s First Year, and Jacob Hacker, American Amnesia:…
479 viewsA discussion on politics from the 16th annual Annapolis Book Festival that featured Amy Siskind, The List: A Week-by-Week Reckoning of Trump’s First Year, and Jacob Hacker, American Amnesia:…
479 viewsJacob Hacker talked about the economic well-being of U.S. states and how historically Democratic and Republican compare with each other on a number of economic measures, including median hou…
1,050 viewsScholars talked about presidents and the economy, including whether a president’s policies can unilaterally affect the economy, and whether their programs continue to reverberate after they …
171 viewsJacob Hacker talked by remote connection from New Haven, Connecticut, about his book The Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity and the Decline of the American Dream (Oxford Universit…
764 viewsThe House Democratic Steering Committee heard testimony from medical and business groups on the importance of health care reform legislation. House members who participated in the hearing i…
593 viewsWitnesses testified about draft legislation that would require all Americans to purchase health insurance and place new requirements on employers. They focused on business and consumer inter…
301 viewsAt the Campaign for American’s Future 2005 “Take Back America” conference a panel talked about a number of issues including energy policy, pre-school education, affordable health care, union…
141 viewsMr. Hacker explored the divergent paths America could take by electing either Governor Bush or Vice President Gore to the presidency. His focus was on social welfare programs, includin…
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