The Guarantee
Natalie Foster with Darrick Hamilton at the Commonwealth Club
05. 15. 2024
ESP President Natalie Foster joins with Dr. Darrick Hamilton to discuss shifting the debate about our shared economic system.
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Natalie Foster asks us imagine the economy we deserve
Visit link (opens in new tab): Natalie Foster asks us imagine the economy we deserveCan you imagine an America where housing, health care, a college education, dignified work, family care, an inheritance, and an income floor are not only attainable by all but guaranteed, by our government, for everyone? But isn’t this pie-in-the-sky thinking? Not by a long shot, according to Natalie Foster, co-founder of the Economic Security Project. She says our current economic system is chock full of government-backed guarantees, from bailouts to bankruptcy protection, to keep the private sector in business. So why can’t the same be true for the rest of us? Her vision for a new American Guarantee is rooted in real-life experiences, collaborations with some of today’s most important activists and visionaries, and a concrete sense of the policies that are possible—and ready to implement—in 21st-century America. Natalie Foster joins with Dr. Darrick Hamilton, economics professor at The New School for Social Research, to discuss shifting the debate about our shared economic system.