New York Ideas 2012

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Date

Tue Apr 17, 2012
9:30am – 5:45pm

Location

New York , NY, United States
New York Historical Society

Hosts

New York Ideas featured leading thinkers and policy makers exploring essential election-year questions which focus on the American identity: Who are we as a nation and where will we be in another generation? What will the world look like if America is no longer a superpower? Are there such things as common American values anymore?


Thought-leaders engaged these defining questions with candor and intellectual rigor in discussions led by The Atlantic’s top editorial talent.

New York Ideas will feature leading thinkers and policy makers exploring essential election-year questions which focus on the American identity: Who are we as a nation and where will we be in another generation? What will the world look like if America is no longer a superpower? Are there such things as common American values anymore?

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