25
September 2020
Past Event
Video Event | What Makes the Middle Class Ticked: A Conversation with Mickey Kaus

Video Event | What Makes the Middle Class Ticked: A Conversation with Mickey Kaus

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
September 25, 2020
25
September 2020
Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:
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Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Mickey Kaus

Journalist and Author of "The End of Equality"

Join Hudson Institute for a discussion with Mickey Kaus, journalist and author of "The End of Equality," which chronicles the crises facing the middle class and the dynamics that drive much of the alienation and frustration displayed across the country. Hudson Institute Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead will moderate the conversation.

Mickey founded his blog, Kausfiles, at the start of the internet age and has written on many of the economic trends that have harmed the middle class over the past several decades. Mickey’s unorthodox positions on topics ranging from welfare reform to immigration defy conventional wisdom and have captured many of the frustrations experienced in outside-the-Beltway life.

This conversation is part of a series entitled, “The Future of the Middle Class” by Hudson Institute’s Center for the Future of Liberal Society. In this series, Hudson Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead will moderate discussions with thought-provoking policy experts about some of the most pressing challenges associated with rebuilding the economy and promoting the prosperity of America’s middle class.

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