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Tuesday July 17, 2007

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10:00The New Gilded Age

We'll talk about trends in the U.S economy and implications of the growing disparity between this country's super rich and everyone else.

Guests

Greg Ip, reporter for the Wall Street Journal

Robert Frank, professor of economics, the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, and author of a new book: "Falling Behind:How Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class"

Alan Viard, resident scholar,American Enterprise Institute

Robert Rubin, Author of "In An Uncertain World," and former Secretary of the Treasury

11:00Government Contractors

The Federal government is increasingly relying on private sectors contractors to get its work done. We'll talk about the risks, benefits, and some of the longer term implications of this trend.

Guests

Larry Allen, Executive Vice President Coalition for Government Procurement

Robert O'Harrow, investigative reporter, Washington Post and author of "No Place To Hide"

Daniel Guttman, Fellow, Johns Hopkins Center for Study of American Government, former special counsel to senate oversight of contracting, and co-author of The Shadow Government

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