 On September 18, the Worldwatch Institute is co-hosting the launch of Gus Speth's America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy. The third in a series of award-winning books from Yale University Press, the book charts a course through the discouragement and despair commonly felt today, and ultimately envisions what Speth calls America the Possible, an attractive and plausible future that we can still realize. It identifies a dozen features of the American political economy where transformative change is essential, and spells out the changes that are needed to move toward a new political economy to sustain people, place, and the planet.
After a presentation from Speth, Institute for Policy Studies Director John Cavanagh will moderate a discussion. Gus Speth is a co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council and the World Resources Institute, a former head of the UN Development Program, and a former Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Co-hosts: Worldwatch Institute, Institute for Policy Studies, New Economy Working Group, Green America, Democracy Collaborative at the University of Maryland, Labor Network for Sustainability We hope to see you on September 18 from 4:00 to 6:00 pm at: AFL-CIO | President's Room 815 16th St. NW Washington, D.C. |
