American Decline or Economic Renewal?
Experts discuss CFR's Renewing America initiative issues: the U.S. fiscal cliff, government regulations, the state of U.S. infrastructure,...
Speakers: Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Jennifer Hillman, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President, American Action Forum
Andrew Stern, Ronald O. Perelman Richman Center Senior Fellow, Columbia University
Presider: Robin Lustig, Anchor, BBC World Service
October 15, 2012
Experts discuss CFR's Renewing America initiative issues: the U.S. fiscal cliff, government regulations, the state of U.S. infrastructure, and the economic consequences of political polarization.
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