WHEN: October 5-7, 2007
WHERE: Washington DC Convention Center (part of the annual Green Festival)
COST: $35 (entire conference, advance registration) or $50 (entire conference, no advance registration or $25 per day). Conference fee includes free admission to Green Festival.
What’s the economy for, anyway? Is it just about having the biggest GDP or the highest Dow Jones Average? Or is it about providing for a healthy, happy, fair and sustainable society? If you think quality of life matters, and wonder how the United States compares to other countries when it comes to providing for its people, then the WHAT’S THE ECONOMY FOR, ANYWAY? conference is for you!
Dozens of prominent experts and activists will offers parts of the answer to the big question and offer out-of-the-box ideas about what we can do to make our economy serve us instead of vice-versa. Three tracks include FINDING HAPPINESS, SEEKING JUSTICE and SECURING SUSTAINABILITY.
Nearly 100 confirmed prominent speakers, including the following:
Gar Alperovitz, author of America After CapitalismDean Baker, author of The United States Since 1980Peter Barnes, co-founder of Working Assets and author of Capitalism 3.0Jared Bernstein, director of The Economic Policy InstituteChuck Collins, founder, United for a Fair EconomyAnn Crittenden, author of The High Price of MotherhoodJohn de Graaf, National Coordinator of Take Back Your TimeRiane Eisler, author of The Real Wealth of Nations, The Chalice and the BladeNancy Folbre, feminist economist, author of The Invisible HeartKim Gandy, President of the National Organization for Women
Tim Kasser, psychologist, author of The High Price of MaterialismKaren Kornbluh, Policy Director for Senator ObamaCelinda Lake James Lardner, editor of Inequality Matters
Eric Liu, former presidential speechwriter and domestic adviser for Bill ClintonHunter Lovins, co-author of Natural CapitalismBill McKibben, author of Deep Economy, The End of NatureDavid Moberg, Senior Editor, In These TimesFrances Moore Lappe, author of Diet for a Small Planet, Hope's EdgeJulie Nelson, author Economics for HumansKaren Nussbaum, AFL-CIO, former director, Women's Bureau , US Michael Petit, former Maine Commissioner of Human ServicesMiles Rapoport, director, DEMOS
Jerome Ringo, President of Apollo Alliance
Vicki Robin, author of Your Money or Your LifeJoe Robinson, author of Work to Live: The Guide to Getting a LifeKristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, co-author of The Motherhood ManifestoJim Rubens, former Republican State Senator, New Hampshire Juliet Schor, author of The Overworked American, Born to BuyBill Spriggs, Chairman, Economics Department, Howard University
John Stauber, author of Trust Us, We're Experts, Weapons of Mass Deception The conference offers 25 individual speeches and nearly 30 workshops.To see the complete agenda, go to:The conference offers nearly 30 workshops. Workshops will include in-depth analysis of current problems, comparisons to the economic performance of other industrial countries, and concrete policy solutions for a happier, healthier, most just and sustainable United States. Conference organizers hope that this conference will mark the beginning of a new national campaign to put the question, “What’s the economy for, anyway?” on the agenda of the 2008 election campaigns and beyond.
http://www.timeday.org/economyconference/agenda.asp
Whether you consider yourself an environmentalist, an advocate of social justice, family-friendly policies or universal health care, a union organizer or enlightened business leader, a practitioner of simple living, a student of economics, psychology or politics, a journalist or a wonk, a Democrat, Republican or Green, this conference is for you.
The “What’s the Economy for, Anyway?” project is a program of the Forum on Social Wealth. Financial support comes from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
