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The Crisis of American Capitalism -- with Kevin Phillips

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Event Date

  • 4/24/2008   6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
    Please arrive early for registration

Location

  • World Affairs Council Auditorium

Address

  • 312 Sutter Street
    Second Floor
    San Francisco, California 94108
Speaker(s)
Kevin Phillips, Political and Economic Commentator
Kevin Phillips, a former Republican strategist, has been a political and economic commentator for almost three decades. His 14 books include the New York Times bestsellers American Theocracy, American Dynasty, The Politics of Rich and Poor and Wealth and Democracy.
Event Details

Over the past months, the U.S. dollar has continued its free fall. In Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism, Kevin Phillips argues that the American economy, despite its global dominance, is built upon a house of cards. Phillips investigates the decline of the dollar over the last six years, proposing this is the result of Washington’s financial irresponsibility, as well as its failure in Iraq. He also explores the political and commercial implications of its plummeting value and weighs in on what the new administration must do to reverse the tide of wayward megafinance.

This event is co-sponsored by the Commonweal Institute.

Advanced registration is now closed. Please call 415.293.4600 to make reservations.