Public Policy and the Budget in this Election Year

Friday, March 9, 2012
8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
University of Maryland School of Social Work Auditorium
525 West Redwood Street, Baltimore, MD

Lunch and alumni award presenations follow in the University of Maryland Southern Management Corporation Campus Center

Keynote: 
Jared Bernstein, PhD, MSW, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, D.C.
Panel Discussion Follows

Cost: 
Alumni $25
Friends $35
Students $10
(includes lunch, 3 Category 1 CEUs and parking)

A common thought is that the American dream includes purchasing a decent home in a good neighborhood with quality schools, saving enough to send children to college, affording decent health care coverage, saving for retirement, and finding time to enjoy family life. If folks “worked hard and played by the rules," they would have a good chance of realizing those aspirations. 

But, in recent years, this contract has been broken and families are struggling to make ends meet. The federal budget and the future of the U.S. economy are the hot button issues for the 2012 election year. Dr. Bernstein will discuss the implications of these issues and their potential impact on the election. A panel of distinguished alumni, moderated by Michael Reisch, PhD, Daniel Thursz Distinguished Professor of Social Justice, will respond to Dr. Bernstein’s lecture.

The alumni awards luncheon will immediately follow the lecture in the Southern Management Campus Center.

Dr. Bernstein was the Chief Economist and Economic Adviser to Vice President Joseph Biden, Executive Director of the White House Task Force on the Middle Class, and a member of President Obama’s economic team. He is the author of numerous books and is a frequent commentator on CNBC and MSNBC.

Registration Coming in January 2012!