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Aspen Ideas to Go Podcast: Robert Putnam on Investing in “Our Kids”
April 16, 2015
The “Aspen Ideas to Go” podcast is a weekly show featuring fascinating speakers who have presented at the Aspen Ideas Festival and other public programs offered by the Aspen Institute — including Aspen Words, the Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series, and various events around the country. For a curated listening experience subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or listen to each episode on the Aspen Ideas website.
A professor of public policy at Harvard University, Robert D. Putnam has consulted for the last three American presidents and many other leaders around the globe. His latest book, “Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis,” is a groundbreaking examination of the growing inequality gap and explores why fewer Americans today have the opportunity for upward mobility.
Putnam has written 14 books, which have been translated into more than 20 languages. His books “Bowling Alone” and “Making Democracy Work” are among the most cited publications in the social sciences in the last half century.
The conversation between Putnam and Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson was recorded live as part of the Aspen Institute Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series.
Tricia Johnson is editorial director of public programs at the Aspen Institute.
