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March 6

Meltdown: The Economic Collapse and a People's Plan for Recovery

Where: New York Society for Ethical Culture, NYC
When: 8 pm

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Book-TV will broadcast the panel discussion on April 5 at 3 p.m. and on April 6 at 6.15 a.m.

Join Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, author and activist Barbara Ehrenreich, Black Commentator's Bill Fletcher, Jr., The New School's Jeff Madrick and The Nation's D.C. editor Christopher Hayes in a wide-ranging and incisive conversation as they discuss the origins on the financial collapse, debate President Obama's stimulus package and consider what form economic recovery should take to ensure a more equitable future for everyone.

The event marks the publication of Meltdown: How Greed and Corruption Shattered Our Financial System and How We Can Recover (Nation Books) by Katrina vanden Heuvel and the editors of The Nation.

Audience questions will be taken, and a book-signing will follow the conversation. You can also submit your questions ahead of time in the form below.

DATE: March 6, 2009
LOCATION: New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street, New York City
TIME: 8PM. Doors open at 7:25PM.

FREE OF CHARGE
SEATING WILL BE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED

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Co-sponsored by The New Society for Ethical Culture, Public Concern Foundation, Democrats.com, Democracy Now!, Haymarket Books, AlterNet, CodePink and The UpTake

Listen to panelist Barbara Ehrenreich on WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show discussing the economic crisis and mentioning the Meltdown panel discussion.



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