Socialism sucks, is more irreverent than most Public Policy books we usually organize events around here at cato but i can assure you the authors we are featuring today are serious accomplished economists with decades of scholarly work. Inevitably, they have drinksn their hand, probably because we chat at receptions, hotel bars and the like. But the conversation is always interesting, informative, and fun. Thats also true of this new book. This is a light book about a heavy topic. So its fortunate, fortuitous rather, that we are featuring today on the birthday of the late milton friedman, one of the greatest economist of the 20th century and the champion of economic and overall human freedom. We were lucky to have known him, or some of us to have worked with him to a limited degree. Im sure he, too, would agree with the title of the book, though i i cant really recallm ever putting his opposition to socialism in quite those terms. Today, socialism has gained an appeal among some americ
Popular runner guide series on 17 200 claims and constitutional law claims please welcome christopher torok. Our next panelist is the professor himself wrote the book, he is a graduate of notre dame where the was a runnerup valedictorian but the made up for that when he went to Harvard Law School and won the diploma for being top student to graduate in his class. He is, its a lot easier. A lot easier. And he has been a lawyer and a professor including back at harvard for a while, hes currently at vanderbilt and hes the author of this book. It makes a compelling case for the class action mechanism and we will hear from him and our moderator today is the judge of the ninth circuit. He is a graduate of, a korean immigrant i should start with came to this country and graduated from Ivy League Cornell and then also harvard lawschool. His classmates, magna cum laude and works at block tell, works at the associate white House Counsel i believe in a special counsel to the Judiciary Committee a
Witnessing the current resurgence of democratic socialism in the United States, as it simplified by the growing membership of democratic socialism in america and the popularity of politicians like Bernie Sanders and alexandria ocasiocortez, the explore how this energy might be channeled to achieve a future that is more democratic, egalitarian, inclusive and environmentally sustainable. In the age of trump and beyond. So let me introduce our guests tonight. Journalist kate aronoff has appeared in the guardian, the nation, and the New York Times. She is a coeditor of we own the future democratic socialism american style together with peter dreier and michael. She lives in brooklyn. Michael denzel smith is the author of the New York Times bestseller invisible man got the whole world watching. And a fellow at the nation institute. He is written for the New York Times, the atlantic, complex, the paris review, harpers, the new republic, the guardian and the root, and just been a featured com
Town hall hosted by cnn. It was held after the dnc rejected a push to allow for a debate focused on the Climate Crisis. We will host a roundtable discussion and hear highlights from last night town hall. Fort is about a new deal people who work. It is about justice for people whose communities have been destroyed. It is about Racial Justice on environmental issues. It is about worker justice. Amy then to india. Nearly 2 Million People in the northeast state of assam are at risk of beining rendered statels after inindia effectively stripd them of citizenship in what has been described as the biggest exercise and do some franchise meant in disenfranchisement in u. N. History. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Ten 2020 hopefuls took to the stage in new york city one by wednesday night for a climate one town hall hosted by cnn. In a sevenhour marathon, the candidate each discussed their climate plans, the f
Town hall hosted by cnn. It was held after the dnc rejected a push to allow for a debate focused on the Climate Crisis. We will host a roundtable discussion and hear highlights from last night town hall. Fort is about a new deal people who work. It is about justice for people whose communities have been destroyed. It is about Racial Justice on environmental issues. It is about worker justice. Amy then to india. Nearly 2 Million People in the northeast state of assam are at risk of beining rendered statels after inindia effectively stripd them of citizenship in what has been described as the biggest exercise and do some franchise meant in disenfranchisement in u. N. History. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Ten 2020 hopefuls took to the stage in new york city one by wednesday night for a climate one town hall hosted by cnn. In a sevenhour marathon, the candidate each discussed their climate plans, the f