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2024 Henry Cohen Lecture Series: Baby Bonds and Beyond
March 5, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Baby Bonds are an increasingly popular government policy in which every child born into poverty receives a publicly funded trust account at birth, providing them with “start-up capital” to pursue fulfilling, productive, prosperous, and self-directed lives.
This conversation will ask: how do we forge a new economy that fosters broad prosperity and opportunity with economic inclusion, civic engagement, social equity and human dignity at its center, regardless of one’s identity? Additionally, we will debunk the myth of hard work as the driver of our economic inequalities, and address why policy and investments (like Baby Bonds) must address both income and wealth.
Speakers include:
- Institute Founding Director Darrick Hamilton;
- Connecticut State Treasurer Erick Russell;
- Vermont State Treasurer Mike Pieciak;
- New Mexico State Treasurer Laura Montoya;
- Rhode Island State Treasurer James Diossa;
- Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund Director of Programs Amit Khanduri; and
- JPMorgan Chase PolicyCenter Executive Director for Financial Health and Wealth Creation Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines.
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Presented by the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy in partnership with the Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment, the 2024 Henry Cohen Lecture Series, “Visions of a Post-Neoliberal Future,” brings leading thinkers, changemakers, policymakers, journalists, and activists to The New School to share their perspectives on building an inclusive political economy.
