Forum on entitlements

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A series of essays by several progressive thinkers about an entitlement reform

http://prospect.org/article/progressive-perspectives-on-entitlements#.UufVCXmttt8

The Future of the Social Safety Net
Progressive perspectives on the the New Deal/Great Society entitlement programs

Kit Rachlis, Ed Kilgore



This week and next, The American Prospect, in conjunction with The Democratic Strategist, is proud to sponsor a special forum titled: Progressive Perspectives on the Future of the New Deal/Great Society Entitlement Programs.

This unique forum will proceed through seven essays—from Henry Aaron, Andrew Levison, Bob Kuttner, Bill Galston, Dean Baker, Mark Schmitt, and Will Marshall—with occasional summaries from the co-moderators, Kit Rachlis of the Prospect and Ed Kilgore of the Strategist.

The distinctive goal of this forum is to offer a “progressives-only” debate on entitlements—a debate that is often avoided or distorted by the necessity to resist conservative ideological assaults on the New Deal and Great Society safety net or by media-driven elite “deficit hawk” campaigns that seem to begin with the assumption that America’s only fiscal problem stems from “unaffordable” or “runaway” entitlements.
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List of essays

Introduction: The Future of the Social Safety Net
Triumph and Tribulation
When Public Opinions Collide
Social Insurance: The Real Crisis
Thoughts on a Center-Left Entitlements Strategy
Fiscal Policy, the Long-Term Budget, and Inequality
"Entitlements" Are Just a Budget Category