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Shared Sacrifice: Debating the Contours of U.S. Deficit Reduction

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Fri Dec 17, 2010
Washington, DC 20036

Date

Fri Dec 17, 2010
4:00am – 5:30am EST

Location

Washington, DC 20036

One Dupont Circle, Suite 700

Contact

    [email protected]
    202.736.2929

Hosts

  1. Financial Security Program

A discussion on deficit reduction measures hosted by Aspen Institute Initiative on Financial Security. The conversation will isolate dominant contributors to the U.S. fiscal deficit, identify practical solutions for restructuring government expenditures and revenues, and highlight political fault lines that threaten meaningful reform. 


The event will be moderated by David Leonhardt, New York Times columnist. 

 Participants will include:

Dean Baker 

Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research

Lisa Mensah

Executive Director, The Aspen Institute Initiative on Financial Security

Grover Norquist

President, Americans for Tax Reform

Andrew Stern

Senior Research Fellow, Georgetown Publilc Policy Institute

Eugene Steuerle

 Institute Fellow & Richard B. Fisher Chair, The Urban Institute.