EPS Symposium, co-sponsored by the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin:

At the Turning Point: Economics, Security, and American Politics

With keynote address by

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

and special remarks from

Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA)

November 13, 2017



1100 New York Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20005

Suite 200 East, 2nd floor, east tower





Economists for Peace and Security held its 10th annual policy Symposium in Washington DC on November 13, 2017, to discuss economics, and American politics as well as the economic dimensions of current critical security issues. The program featured three panels of senior specialists who presented the elements of a program that addressed the most fundamental issues animating American political discourse.

Welcoming Remarks: Stephanie Kelton



Panel One – Hating Iran, Hugging Russia – Does Trump have a coherent foreign policy?



Video available here

Chair: Mehdi Hasan, Georgetown University

Heather Hurlburt, New America Foundation

William Hartung, Center for International Policy

Matthew Duss, Foreign Policy Advisor to Senator Sanders



Special remarks:

Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA)

Video available here



Panel Two – Growth, Jobs, and the Next Crisis

Chair: James K. Galbraith, University of Texas at Austin

Josh Bivens, Economic Policy Institute

Pavlina Tcherneva, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College

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Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research



* photo credit Harold (Skip) Kaltenheuser*

Keynote:

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

Video available here





Panel Three: Future of Healthcare: Medicare for all?

Video available here

Chair: Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News