Johnson Club of Washington, D.C. Seventh Annual Predictions Dinner
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The Johnson Club of Washington, D.C. invites you to join them for the
Seventh Annual Washington, D.C. Predictions Dinner
featuring
David Madland
Managing Director for Economic Policy and Director of the American Worker Project, Center for American Progress
Why Economic Inequality is Bad for Business
For the past several decades, business leaders, politicians and economists thought that high levels of inequality were good for the economy. But because the middle class is now so weak, America's economy suffers from the kinds of problems that plague less-developed countries. As David Madland will explain, to have strong and sustainable growth, the economy needs to work for everyone and grow from the middle-out.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Reception: 6:30 p.m. | Dinner: 7:30 p.m.
Sofitel
806 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
Cost:
Alumni and guests: $80/person
Students: $50/person
Fees include reception and three-course meal
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Where
Sofitel
806 15th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005, United States
Speakers
David Madland
Managing Director of Economic Policy
Center for American Progress
David Madland is a Senior Fellow and the Strategic Director of the American Worker Project at American Progress. He has written extensively about the economy and American politics on a range of topics, including the middle class, economic inequality, retirement policy, labor unions, and workplace standards such as the minimum wage. He is the author of Hollowed Out: Why the Economy DoesnÔÇÖt Work without a Strong Middle Class, which was published by the University of California Press.
Madland has appeared frequently on television shows, including ÔÇ£PBS NewsHourÔÇØ and CNNÔÇÖs ÔÇ£CrossfireÔÇØ; has been cited in such publications as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The New Yorker; and has been a guest on dozens of radio talk shows across the United States. He has testified before Congress on a number of occasions, as well as several state legislatures.
Madland has a doctorate in government from Georgetown University and received his bachelorÔÇÖs degree from the University of California, Berkeley. His dissertation about the decline of the U.S. pension system was honored as the best dissertation of the year by the Labor and Employment Relations Association. Madland is the co-author of Interest Groups in American Campaigns, a book about the role and influence of interest groups in American democracy, and is the author of several academic articles. He has worked on economic policy for Rep. George Miller (D-CA) and has consulted for several labor unions. At American Progress, he has previously served as the Managing Director for Economic Policy and the Director of the American Worker Project.
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Co-hosted with: MBAI, MBAII, Johnson Cornell Tech MBA Program
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