What was it?
Vision 2020 brought together leading voices from the policymaking, academic, and advocacy communities to highlight the most pressing economic issues facing Americans today. The daylong conference explored recent transformative shifts in economic thinking that demonstrate how inequality obstructs, subverts, and distorts broadly shared economic growth and what we can do to fix it. The past four decades of economic policy delivered slow growth, record-high income and wealth inequality, and social immobility. At Vision 2020, you heard from some of the most cutting-edge thinkers, researchers, and, dare we say, visionaries on how to reverse these trends and instead advance strong, stable, and broad-based economic growth.
Who attended?
Federal, state, and local policymakers and their staff; leaders from think tanks and advocacy organizations; journalists who cover economic issues.
From panel discussions, fireside chats, keynotes, and storytelling sessions, Vision 2020 focused on what research and history can tell us about how to make the U.S. economy work for everyone, not just those at the top.
Friday, November 1, 2019
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9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Breakfast and Registration
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9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Introduction
- Casey Schoeneberger, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Opening Remarks
- Heather Boushey, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
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10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Panel: Toward a New Economy
- Heather Boushey, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
- Dania Francis, University of Massachusetts Boston
- Sarah Bloom Raskin, Duke University
- Moderator: Jeanna Smialek, The New York Times
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10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Economy in Focus: Building Worker Power
- Carmen Rojas, The Workers Lab
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11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Break and Refreshments
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11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Economy in Focus: Lessons from the New Deal for Enacting a Green New Deal Today
- Lizabeth Cohen, Harvard University
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11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Panel: The Front Line of Structural Change
- Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, Global Policy Solutions
- Bradley Hardy, American University
- Cecilia Muñoz, New America
- Tom Perriello, Open Society Foundations
- Moderator: Anmol Chaddha, Institute for the Future
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12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Economy in Focus: The Story of Sadie Alexander
- Nina Banks, Bucknell University
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12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
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1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Introduction
- David Mitchell, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Fighting Power with Power: Unions for All
- Featured speaker: Mary Kay Henry, Service Employees International Union
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1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Panel: A Conversation about Structural Racism in the Economy
- Byron Auguste, Opportunity@Work
- Camille Busette, The Brookings Institution
- Mónica García-Pérez, St. Cloud State University
- Moderator: Gillian White, The Atlantic
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2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Fireside Chat: Trust Busting in the 21st Century
- The Honorable Rohit Chopra, Federal Trade Commission
- Moderator: Brian Fung, CNN
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2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Break and Refreshments
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3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Fireside Chat: The Rise of Monopsony Power in the Labor Market
- Arindrajit Dube, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Columbia University
- Moderator: Kate Bahn, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
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3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Panel: Macroeconomic Implications of Inequality
- Karen Dynan, Harvard University
- Claudia Sahm, Federal Reserve
- Moderator: Ylan Mui, CNBC
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4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks
- Greg Leiserson, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
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4:30 p.m.
Reception
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Toward a New Economy (Part II)
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Building Worker Power
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Lessons from the New Deal for Enacting a Green New Deal Today
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The Front Line of Structural Change (Part I)
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The Front Line of Structural Change (Part II)
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The Story of Sadie Alexander
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David Mitchell introduces Mary Kay Henry of the Service Employees International Union
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Fighting Power with Power: Unions for All (Part I)
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Fighting Power with Power: Unions for All (Part II)
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A Conversation about Structural Racism in the Economy (Part I)
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A Conversation about Structural Racism in the Economy (Part II)
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Trust Busting in the 21st Century
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The Rise of Monopsony Power in the Labor Market
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Macroeconomic Implications of Inequality (Part I)
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Macroeconomic Implications of Inequality (Part II)
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Byron Auguste
Opportunity@Work
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Kate Bahn
Washington Center for Equitable Growth
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Nina Banks (opens in a new tab)
Bucknell University
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Heather Boushey
Washington Center for Equitable Growth
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Camille Busette (opens in a new tab)
The Brookings Institution
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Anmol Chaddha (opens in a new tab)
Institute for the Future
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Rohit Chopra (opens in a new tab)
Federal Trade Commission
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Lizabeth Cohen
Harvard University
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Maya Rockeymoore Cummings (opens in a new tab)
Global Policy Solutions
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Arindrajit Dube
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Karen Dynan
Harvard University
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Dania Francis
University of Massachusetts Boston
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Monica Garcia-Perez
St. Cloud State University
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Bradley Hardy
American University
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Mary Kay Henry (opens in a new tab)
Service Employees International Union
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Alexander Hertel-Fernandez
Columbia University
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Greg Leiserson
Washington Center for Equitable Growth
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David S. Mitchell
Washington Center for Equitable Growth
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Cecilia Muñoz (opens in a new tab)
New America
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Tom Perriello (opens in a new tab)
Open Society Foundations
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Sarah Bloom Raskin (opens in a new tab)
Duke University
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Carmen Rojas (opens in a new tab)
The Workers Lab
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Claudia Sahm
Federal Reserve
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Casey Schoeneberger
Washington Center for Equitable Growth
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Jeanna Smialek (opens in a new tab)
The New York Times
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Gillian White (opens in a new tab)
The Atlantic
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