America’s Debt Crisis Affects Us: Hear Presentation Ap. 15
9 April 2008Tuesday April 15, from 5:00pm-7:00pm at the UAA Campus Bookstore Andrew Yarrow presents “Forgive Us Our Debts: America’s Public Debt Crisis and How It Affects All Americans” at the UAA Campus Bookstore.
Andrew Yarrow teaches Modern US History at American University and serves as vice-president of Public Agenda, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that provides research for American leaders so they can better understand the public’s point of view and helps citizens better understand critical policy issues ranging from education to foreign policy to immigration to religion and civility in American life.
In his book, Forgive Us Our Debts: The Intergenerational Dangers of Fiscal Irresponsibility, Andrew Yarrow discusses why the federal debt is rising exponentially, why our government borrows, what effects it may have on Americans if it continues to grow at this rate, and what it will take to pay it all back.
Andrew Yarrow received his Ph.D. from George Mason University and an MPA from Harvard University, has been a long time reporter for The New York Times and a consultant to the Brookings Institution.
He has published extensively during the last 25 years, including “Latecomers: Children of Parents Over 35″ (The Free Press, 1991), frequent op-eds, and many popular and scholarly articles. His next book, “Measure of America,” is to be published by Yale University Press in 2009. A resident of Bethesda, MD, he also has worked for the Brookings Institution, the U.S. government, and several international organizations.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear how Federal decisions are effecting Americans everywhere. For more information contact Rachel Epstein at 786-4782.
[Source: email from Rachel Epstein]