NEW THINKING ON POVERTY AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY

THE ISSUE

The challenge looks more pressing than ever in the light of this year’s presidential campaign: how to ensure economic mobility for all Americans – poor people trapped in safety-net programs that relieve material hardship but don’t help them escape from poverty and a neglected middle class struggling to keep up with globalization. A wealth of new thinking is percolating in Washington and beyond the Beltway, where people close to the problem are coming up with better ideas that look beyond government and harness the power of communities.

WHAT

A Washington summit on poverty and economic mobility will bring together policymakers and practitioners: Washington-based reform conservatives, heartland social entrepreneurs and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, a leading champion of the new approach.

WHERE & WHEN

DECEMBER 14
5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
American Enterprise Institute
1789 Massachusetts Avenue NW

DECEMBER 15
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Ronald Reagan Building
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

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CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

Speaker Paul Ryan, U.S. House of Representatives
Arthur Brooks, AEI
Tom Donohue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
John Engler, Business Roundtable
Charles Muray, AEI
J.D. Vance, Hilbilly Elegy author
Whit Ayres, North Star Opinion Research
John Bailey, Bailey Strategies
Stuart Butler, Brookings Institution
Anthony Carnevale, Georgetown University
Oren Cass, Manhattan Institute
Brandon Chrostowski, Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute
Grant Collins, Fedcap Rehabilitation Services
Robert Doar, AEI
Nick Eberstadt, AEI
Mike Franc, Hoover Institution
Joe Fuller, Harvard Business School
Ron Haskins, Brookings Institution
Rick Hess, AEI
Mark Holden, Koch Industries
Howard Husock, Manhattan Institute
Kay Hymowitz, Manhattan Institute
Greg Ip, Wall Street Journal
Tamar Jacoby, Opportunity America
Andrew Kelly, University of North Carolina
Jimmy Kemp, Jack Kemp Foundation
Dane Linn, Business Roundtable
Lawrence Mead, New York University
Robert Mendenhall, Western Governors University
Adam Meyerson, Philanthropy Roundtable
Henry Olsen, Ethics & Public Policy Center
Eduardo Padron, Miami Dade College
James Pethokoukis, AEI
Mike Petrilli, Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Ed Pinto, AEI
Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review
Angela Rachidi, AEI
Vikrent Reddy, Charles Koch Institute
Heather Reynolds, Catholic Charities Fort Worth
Mark Rodgers, Clapham Group
Sam Schaeffer, Center for Employment Opportunities
Hanna Skandera, New Mexico Public Education Department
Andy Smarick, AEI
Michael Strain, AEI
Steve Teles, Johns Hopkins University
Jason Tyszko, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Pete Wehner, Ethics & Public Policy Center
Jason Wiens, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Scott Winship, Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity
Tim Zilke, National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence