Introduction and overview of EPI's new policy initiative

Thursday, January 11, 2007, 9:00 am - noon
EPI's Wellstone Conference Room
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Participants
Lawrence Mishel (introduction) — President of EPI and the co-author of The State of Working America

Sen. James Webb (keynote address) — Democratic Senator from Virginia and former Secretary of the Navy

Jacob Hacker (presenter) — Peter Strauss Family Associate Professor of Political Science at Yale University and author of four books, including Off Center and The Great Risk Shift

Judy Feder (discussant) — Nationally recognized health care expert and dean of Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute

Jeff Faux (presenter) — Founder and former president of EPI, currently a senior fellow at EPI and author of The Global Class War

Robert Shapiro (discussant) — Director of the New Democratic Network's Globalization Initiative and former U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs (1997 to 2001)

Presentations
Health Care for America

Globalization That Works for Working Americans

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