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A project of Common Dreams

For Immediate Release
Contact: 212.633.1405 |,info@demos.org

Event: Joseph Stiglitz, Dean Baker and Others to Respond to Dec 1st Fiscal Commission Report

WASHINGTON

On December 1, Pres. Obama's bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal
Responsibility and Reform will release its much discussed final report
on federal budget priorities. The report, as previewed in the mark-up
published by commission co-chairs Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson two
weeks ago, is likely to propose a program of harsh austerity measures,
including calls for cuts in social security and other programs that will
adversely affect the middle class while the broader economy has yet to
recover.

On the afternoon of December 1, immediately following
the report's release, a panel of prominent economists and budget experts
will respond to the findings and recommend alternative paths to fiscal
responsibility, with sustained economic growth for all Americans.

HOSTED BY:The American Prospect,
Demos, the Economic Policy Institute, The Century Foundation, the
Center for Economic and Policy Research, and the Roosevelt Institute

WHO: Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, Dean Baker, Nancy Altman, John Irons, and Robert Kuttner

WHEN: Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

WHERE: National Press Club, Holeman Lounge, 529 14th St. NW, Washington, DC

Contact: Tim Rusch, (212) 389-1407, trusch@demos.org
RSVP to:
Jinny Khanduja at jkhanduja@demos.org or 212.389.1399.Demos, EPI and
The Century Foundation will publish its own joint report on federal
budget priorities ahead of the National Commission's on Monday November,
30. For more information on the report and partnership, visit www.ourfiscalsecurity.org.

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