Illuminating the Arts-Policy Nexus 
Illuminating the Arts-Policy Nexus is a fortnightly series of articles on the role of art in public policymaking. This series invites WPI fellows and project leaders as well as external practitioners to contribute pieces on how artists have led policy change and how policymakers can use creative strategies.
In Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World, World Policy Institute Senior Fellow Ian Bremmer illustrates a historic shift in the international system and the world economy—and an unprecedented moment of global uncertainty.
Reforming the Financial System and Reviving the Economy: A Call for Bold, Active Government
If conservatives are right, and the best government is the smallest government, then how is it that after years of right-wing rule the nation is experiencing stagnant wages, rising health-care costs, increasing unemployment, and concentrations of wealth for a narrow elite? In his perceptive and eye-opening book, Jeff Madrick shows why engaged and empowered government is so vital in changing times.
Conservatives were equally mistaken in their utopian idolatry of "free markets," argues John Cassidy, whose sweeping review of modern history explains why we need instead a "reality-based economics" that can cope with the speculation, myopia, and failures that are inherent in a capitalist system.
Introduction By:
John Halpin
Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Featured Speakers:
Jeff Madrick
Author of The Case for Big Government and Fellow at the World Policy Institute and the Century Foundation
John Cassidy
Author of How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities and Business Correspondent for The New Yorker
Click here to join the Progressive Book Club and get a free copy of The Case for Big Government by Jeff Madrick.
A live webcast of the discussion will be available at www.demos.org.
When:
Wednesday, June 23Refreshments: 6:00 PM
Discussion: 6:30 PM
Where:
Demos220 Fifth Avenue (between 26th and 27th Streets)
Fifth Floor conference room
New York, New York
Cost and RSVP:
This event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is strongly recommended to reserve a seat. RSVP HERE or by emailing events@worldpolicy.org or calling 212.481.5005, Option 2.
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