A discussion of America's future economic policy with Bill Bradley, Robert Hormats, Gene Sperling, Andrei Cherny, and moderated by Bob Kerrey. Hosted by The New School and Democracy Journal.
Bio
Senator Bill Bradley
William Warren "Bill" Bradley (born July 28, 1943) is an American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, and former U.S. Senator from New Jersey.
He also was a a presidential candidate who challenged Vice President Al Gore for the Democratic Party's nomination for President in the 2000 election.
Andrei Cherny
Cherny is co-founder and co-editor of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, a quarterly journal of serious progressive thought that seeks to spur new ideas on the big challenges of the 21st century. Democracy has a readership in every state and 90 countries around the world. The New York Times' Maureen Dowd called it "a progressive journal to ponder big ideas that might help the wretched Democrats stop driving on Ambien and snatch back a little power."
Cherny has provided policy and strategy advice to Bill Clinton, John Kerry, Al Gore, Harry Reid, Cabinet members, Governors, United States Senators, members of the House of Representatives, national labor unions, Fortune 100 CEOs, and prominent civic leaders.
Robert Hormats
Robert D. Hormats is under secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs in the U.S. Department of State. Prior to his appointment in 2009, Hormats was vice chairman of Goldman Sachs International and a managing director of Goldman Sachs & Co. Hormats has served as US assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs, ambassador and deputy US trade representative, and senior deputy assistant secretary for economic and business affairs at the Department of State.
He was a senior staff member on the National Security Council from 1969 to 1977, where he was senior economic advisor to Henry Kissinger, Brent Scowcroft, and Zbigniew Brzezinski. He was a recipient of the French Legion of Honor and Arthur Fleming Award. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Hormats is the author of several books including The Price of Liberty.
Bob Kerrey
Bob Kerrey is president of The New School in New York City.
For twelve years prior to becoming president of The New School, Bob Kerrey represented the State of Nebraska in the United States Senate. Before that, he served as Nebraska's governor for four years.
Bob Kerrey is the author of When I Was A Young Man: A Memoir, published by Harcourt Books (May 2002). He served as a member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, currently leads a five year writing challenge sponsored by The National Commission on Writing in America's Schools and Colleges, and is co-chair with Newt Gingrich of The National Commission for Quality Long-Term Care.
Gene B. Sperling
Gene B. Sperling is Director of the National Economic Council and
Assistant to the President for Economic Policy. He was appointed by
President Barack Obama on January 7, 2011.
Mr. Sperling served as Counselor to the Secretary of the Department of
the Treasury, Timothy F. Geithner starting in 2009. In that role, Mr.
Sperling served as a lead policy advisor for Secretary Geithner on
fiscal, budget, tax, job creation and small business issues.
Previously, Mr. Sperling served during the Clinton Administration as
the Director of the National Economic Council for four years, from 1997
to 2000, and as the Deputy Director of the National Economic Council
from 1993 to 1996. In these positions, Mr. Sperling played a lead role
in the 1993 Deficit Reduction Act and was a key negotiator for the 1997
bipartisan Balanced Budget Agreement.
In addition to his economic work, Mr. Sperling has specialized on
education in poor and conflict-affected nations. He was the founder and
Director of the Center for Universal Education at the Council on Foreign
Relations and co-authored the book What Works in Girls’ Education: Evidence and Policies from the Developing World. Mr. Sperling was also Senior Fellow for Economic Policy at the Center for American Progress, where he authored The Pro-Growth Progressive: An Economic Strategy for Shared Prosperity. He also served as a part-time consultant on corporate citizenship and economic matters for private sector companies.
Mr. Sperling holds a B.A. from the University of Minnesota and a J.D. from Yale Law School.
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