2021 and a freshman at Harvard University studying economics and our panel is session six. It is titled the results of coolidge policy, the roar of the 1920s economy moderating. This panel is john childs john childs is the chairman of j. W. Childs associates, a private Investment Firm focused on sciences, real estate and, Consumer Brand investments. Prior to forming his firm in 1995, mr. Childs was senior managing director of thomas lee company and prior to that he ran Capital Markets group of prudential insurance. Mr. Childs served our in the u. S. Army. Hes a trustee of the Coolidge Foundation and serves on numerous other corporate and boards. Please join me in welcoming mr. Childs and our panelists to the stage. Good. What do you want . Im going to put that there. Wheres. Yeah. Good have to be. Ill come down here. Yeah. Let start by thanking edie for that lovely introduction and then ill pat myself on the back. I was on the board of jurors that selected her to be a coolidge scholar,
A. M. On cspan3. You can also watch on cspan. Org and listen using the cspan radio app. For American Progress hosted there annual ideas conference. We will look at a panel on economic and workforce issues. The stagewelcome to iscernible] good morning everyone. I am the president for the center of American Progress and i am thrilled to welcome you to the 2017 ideas conference. We are thrilled to have people from all over the country here for the conference. As many of you know, i am an active twitter user so i encourage you to tweet about todays event using the h capideas. Our agenda,ell from enhance progressive agendas on nearly every front. We will talk about a broad range of it issues. Making the economy work for everyone. Protecting our national security. Safeguarding our civil rights. Dynamic and powerful voices from congress, state houses, and city hall. Many are activists and advocates fighting to create change that may shape the country for decades to come. Today you will hear f
We are proud to offer a platform for their new ideas and left of the work of trailblazers spearheading the resistance in every corner of our nation. In the past few months, we have seen the American People respond with unmistakable resolve. Millions have flooded our streets, airports, and town. Alls in solidarity and protest more people are taking Political Action than at any point in my lifetime. Yet while we celebrate that Political Action, we also ,ecognize an undeniable truths that we are gathered here today at an extraordinary moment in our nations history. A time when foreign actors seek to disrupt our political system and even the free elections, which serve as the basic foundation of our government. When the president openly interferes with an investigation to uncover his ties with these same foreign actors. With the leader of the free world fires those who hold him accountable, and even provides intelligence to our adversaries. Our founders established a system of checks and b
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Mortimer. Theres absolutely no doubt where her commitment to the struggle and liberation of people were. I said, harper lee is a great novelist. Dont know where she stood on race relationships. I dont. Thats it. Thank you all so much for coming. That panel on harper lee was from the first annual mississippi book fair, held at the State Capitol in jackson. And by the way, go set a watchman, harper lees sobel novel, has sold about 1. 5 million copies since it was published in july. Up next, an Economics Panel from the harlem book fair in july. Thank you max rodriguez. Im rich from columbia university. An absolute pleasure to be here to introduce the panel that will launch the harlem book fairs author panel, broadcast on cspan, booktv. The panel is particularly timely given the crisis some staggering numbers about wealth inequality and should be a national crisis, this panel is calls wealth and finance in post civil rights area. I witness well moderateled by damon phillips, the codirector