Welcome, to the enterprise institute. I am the director. Aei is my great pleasure tonight to welcome you to discussion of important new book by my good friend and colleague michael strain. Michael is the director of economic studies here and is a widely published scholar in economics and Public Finance and many other areas. In his new book is an exceptional clear and broad overview of the space of American Economic life. Actual conditions we face, the trends over recent decades and have us relate to some of the most dark stories that we hear in our politics about the conditions the americans are experiencing. Also where prospects are pretty he finds i think it is fair to say that things are much better than the mood of our politics and the critics of the market economy sometimes suggest prayed that we do face risks and that maybe that mood and this critics are among the most important of those risks. His controversial thesis and a conservative, i am resistant to be sheared up until eve
Strain, director of economic studies s a i, widely published scholar in a comic finance and many other areas in his new book is an exceptionally clear and broad overview of the state of American Economic life, the actual conditions we face, the trends over recent decades, the dark stories we hear in our politics about the conditions americans have experienced and what our prospects are. Things are better than the mood of our politics and the critics of the market economy would sometimes suggest, we do face risks and maybe the mood and those critics are among the most important of those risks. It is a controversial thesis. As a conservative im resistant to being cheered up and told everything is fine but it is a powerfully argued thesis it as you will see a very thoroughly supported thesis. Joining us to respond to mikes argument is richard reeves, one of the smartest policy thinkers in washington, the whitehead chair and senior fellow of economic studies at the brookings institution, d
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In the handlers, as he spent cities. Good evening everybody will get started welcome to the American Enterprise institute. And director of social cultural and constitutional studies. Ai. It is my great pleasure tonight talking you to discussion of important new book by my good friend and colleague, michael read michael is the director of economic studies. Ai is a widely published scholar labor economic Public Finance and many other areas in his new book is an exceptionally clear and broad overview of the state of an American Economic life. The actual conditions we face, the trends, over recent decades and others relate to some of the dark stories that we hear in our politics about the conditions that americans are experiencing also where profits are. Any sort of saved things that are much better than the mode of our politics and the critics of the market economy would sometimes suggest that we do face risks in the navy that mood and those critics, are the among the most important of th