SS debate, 3/15, NYC - hosted by Joshua Micah Marshall - TALKINGPOINTSMEMO

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BLOGGERS TAKE THE POINT, AGAIN!!!!!!

'Social Security: Is It Really A Crisis?' A Debate on This Critical and Controversial Issue

3/14/2005 7:02:00 AM


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To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor

Contact: Christy Hicks of The Century Foundation, 212-452-7723 or [e-mail]

News Advisory:

What: "Social Security: Is It Really a Crisis?" A Debate on This Critical and Controversial Issue

When: Tuesday, March 15, 7 P.M.

Where: New York Society For Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street at Central Park West (Subways: 1/9 To 66th St.-Lincoln Ctr. Or A/C to Columbus Circle)

Who: Paul Krugman, Author and New York Times Columnist

Michael Tanner, Director of Health and Welfare Studies, Cato Institute

Joshua Micah Marshall, Investigative Journalist and Blogger, TALKINGPOINTSMEMO.Com

The New York Society for Ethical Culture's Ethical Edge Series presents a debate on "Social Security: Is It Really a Crisis?" Cosponsored by The Century Foundation, opendemocracy.net, Democrats.com, and Democracy Now. Seating is limited and there are no reservations so be advised to arrive early. For more information contact: Christy Hicks at [e-mail] or [phone].

NOTE: THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL SECTION FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PRESS. TO RESERVE A SEAT, PLEASE CONTACT CHRISTY HICKS AT 212- 452-7722 OR [e-mail]

PANELIST BACKGROUND INFORMATION

PAUL KRUGMAN is professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University. He writes a regular Op-Ed column that appears twice a week in The New York Times. Krugman is the author of 20 books and more than 200 professional journal articles. His most recent book is The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century. In a recent article, the Washington Monthly called Krugman "the most important political columnist in America" and Editor and Publisher named him columnist of the year for 2002. He has taught at Yale, MIT, and Stanford. At MIT he became the Ford International Professor of Economics.

MICHAEL TANNER directs research on new, market-based approaches to health, welfare, and other "entitlements" at the Cato Institute. Under Tanner's direction, Cato launched the Project on Social Security Choice-widely considered the leading impetus for transforming the current system into a private savings program. Tanner's writing has been published in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. He has appeared on ABC, CBS, NBC, National Public Radio, PBS, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, CNBC, and Voice of America.

JOSHUA MICAH MARSHALL is a contributing writer for the Washington Monthly, a columnist for The Hill and a blogger with his own Web site, Talkingpointsmemo.com. His articles on politics, culture and foreign affairs have also appeared in The American Prospect, the Atlantic Monthly, the Boston Globe, the Financial Times, the New Yorker, the New York Post, the New York Times, and other publications. He has been a guest on various television shows on CNN, FOX, MSNBC, and C-SPAN. Marshall has a doctorate in American history from Brown University.

THE NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR ETHICAL CULTURE

Founded in 1876, the New York Society for Ethical Culture is a humanistic religious and educational movement inspired by the ideal that the supreme aim of human life is working to create a more humane society. From the Society's earliest beginnings, we helped establish the NAACP, ACLU, the Legal Aid Society, the Visiting Nurse Service, the first US settlement house, the Prison Reform Task Force, free kindergarten, low cost housing, and the Child Study Association. For more information, call the Society at 212-874-5210 x144.

THE CENTURY FOUNDATION

The Century Foundation conducts public policy research and analyses of economic, social, and foreign policy issues, including inequality, retirement security, election reform, media studies, homeland security, and international affairs. The foundation produces books, reports, and other publications, convenes task forces, and working groups and operates seven informational websites. With offices in New York City and Washington, D.C., The Century Foundation is nonprofit and nonpartisan and was founded in 1919 by Edward A. Filene.

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1. Great . I hope it is on CSpan.

And after that Josh is going to be getting married. Congratulations Josh, on both counts.