PDA Sunday Progressive Town Hall, August 20, 2023 with guest Mark Paul

PDAMERICA Streamed live 2 hours ago The Progressive Left can become the dominant force in American politics by leading with Its economic platform, anchored by a 21st-Century Economic Bill of Rights, according to Mark Paul, author of the excellent new book: The Ends of Freedom: Reclaiming America’s Lost Promise of Economic Rights. Mark is one of the most dynamic young progressive economists in the country; and he is the featured guest on this week’s PDA Progressive Town Hall. A fierce critic of the market fundamentalism that has dominated America’s political economy since the 1980s, Mark is an unabashed proponent of a return to more egalitarian, equally distributive economics rooted in a prosperous working middle class. In other words, economics PDA style! On top of that, Mark engages with the political system in the great tradition of public intellectuals. Indeed, Mark worked with AOC and Sen. Markey in crafting the proposal for a Climate Conservation Corp (CCC) as part of the Green New Deal. The naysayers will claim we can’t “afford” an economy with Universal Single-Payer Healthcare, living wages, strong unions, affordable housing, no fossil fuels, and true full employment. Mark Paul will explain not only why it’s affordable, but why only such a program will build the America that Americans will embrace. You won’t want to miss this Town Hall. RSVP now! We’ll also have an update on the Trump indictments; and we’re hoping for a brief report from Hawai’i on the fires and how progressives are responding.