Saturday, June 9th, 2012 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
ALAMEDA PUBLIC AFFAIRS FORUM
A continuing project of the
Center for Global Peace and Democracy
presents
Obama’s Economic Plan:
Recovery for the Few and Continuing Poverty and suffering for the Many
Professor Jack Rasmus
Prof. of Economics at Saint Mary’s College
and Santa Clara University
 Three years after his election, Barack Obama presides over a deep economic malaise. Radical economist Jack Rasmus shows how the Obama administration has failed to deliver economic recovery and social justice and puts forward alternative proposals which could realize these goals. While corporate profits are up, economic hardship is the bitter reality for millions of US citizens. Rasmus argues that the weakest economic recovery since 1947 is the direct result of the Obama administration's failure to take decisive action. From Obama's presidential election to the passage of his 2012 budget, this book explains how the US economy got where it is today and why the risk of a “double dip” recession is rising.Obama's Economy will be vital reading for students of US politics and economics, as well as all those looking for a way out of the current crisis of capitalism.
Jack Rasmus is also a freelance economics journalist and author of
Epic Recession: Prelude to Global Depression (Pluto 2010). He has been a business economist, market analyst, and vice-president of the National Writers Union.
Alameda Free Library Conference Room
corner of Oak Street & Lincoln Avenue
Come @ 6:30 p.m. refreshments and socializing – bring something to share
Admission free - donations cheerfully accepted. Wheelchair Accessible.
After the June Forum we will be on haitus for the summer.
Thank you for your vital participation and contribution to civil discourse in
Alameda.
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May Forum on Fukushima by Andy Lichterman and Michael Eisensher,
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See you — in friendship and solidarity for a better America built from the bottom up by democratic citizen action! Our problems in Alameda are the same as the problems in every town and city in America. Come to the Forum to explore these problems and their solution. More than ever we are in danger of losing our freedoms: let's not let that happen! Democracy depends on each of us — turn off the television and meet your neighbors and other concerned cotizens at the Forums. Speak out and challenge the accpeted wisdom! Make up your own mind! Think for yourselves. That's what democracy is all about.
For additional information call Gretchen or Arthur Lipow, co-chairs, Alameda Public Affairs Forum, (510) 814-9592, or e-mail ArtLipow@aol.com
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