Bootstrap Capitalism

Sponsored By:
The New America Foundation
PolicyAmerica
Center for Social Development, Washington University
Institute on Assets and Social Policy, Brandeis University

A key question the panelists and audience explored was, "What are the components of the next generation of anti-poverty policies in the U.S.? What roles do asset building and financial services play? What are the other components? And how can a new anti-poverty agenda move forward?

Location

Hyatt Regency Hotel on Capitol Hill

Washington, DC

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Participants

Ray Boshara
Director, Asset Building Program, New America Foundation
Michael Tanner
Cato Institute
Peter Edelman
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Michael Stegman
MacRae Professor and Chari, Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina
Max Sawicky
Economist, Economic Policy Institute
Floyd Flake
Former U.S. House Representative; and Senior Pastor, The Greater Allen Cathedral, Jamaica, Queens, New York
David Stoesz
Director, policyAmerica
Ernest Skinner
Vice-President and Community Relations Director, Citibank
Harold E. Ford Jr.
(D-TN), U.S. House of Representatives
J. Larry Brown
Director, Institute on Assets and Social Policy, Heller School of Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
Michael Sherraden
Director, Center for Social Development, Washington University
Howard Karger
Professor of Social Policy, University of Houston
Katy Jacob
Senior Analyst, Center for Financial Services Innovation, Shorebank
Dave Buchholz
Director, Applied Research and Innovation, CFED
Robert Kuttner
Founding Editor, The American Prospect