Jun 9, 2020
Bruce Bartlett Starts at 10:18. Bruce has spent many years in government, including service on the staffs of Representatives Ron Paul and Jack Kemp and Senator Roger Jepsen. He has been executive director of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, senior policy analyst in the Reagan White House, and deputy assistant secretary for economic policy at the Treasury Department during the George H.W. Bush administration.
Here are his books
His New Republic Column. Bruce on Twitter
Tim Wise starts at 48 mins in. Tim is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and educators in the United States. He has spent the past 25 years speaking to audiences in all 50 states, on over 1000 college and high school campuses, at hundreds of professional and academic conferences, and to community groups across the country. He is also the host of the new podcast, Speak Out with Tim Wise.
He has also trained corporate, government, entertainment, media,
law enforcement, military, and medical industry professionals on
methods for dismantling racism in their institutions. Wise has
provided anti-racism training to educators and administrators
nationwide and internationally, in Canada and Bermuda.
Wise is the author of eight books, including his
forthcoming, Dispatches from the Race
War (December 2020 from City Lights
Books). Other books include Under the
Affluence, Dear White America: Letter to a New
Minority and Colorblind (all from City
Lights Books); his highly acclaimed memoir, White
Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son, (recently
updated and re-released by Soft Skull Press); Affirmative
Action: Racial Preference in Black and White; Speaking Treason
Fluently: Anti-Racist Reflections From an Angry White
Male; and Between Barack and a Hard Place:
Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama.
Joe Sanberg starts at 1:33. Joe has been the leading advocate for the state’s new Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for low-income families. He is Co-Founder of Aspiration.com, an online financial company built for everyone. Aspiration serves people at the heart of their financial lives – their banking account – in a trust-based model that empowers people to choose whatever fee they think is fair (even zero) and enables them to bank, invest, and spend in accordance with their values. Aspiration’s approach has made it the fastest-growing and most beloved consumer financial company in America. Joe also serves on the board of the Sierra Club Foundation, the Economic Innovation Group, and the Jefferson Awards Foundation, which engages over 1 million young people each year in volunteerism and public service
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