Jeff Green
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- Milken Institute1h 6m
Priorities for the Next U.S. President
Jeff Green, Tillman Fertitta, Ellen Townsher, Frank Luntz, Mike Milken
Four former presidential candidates—Jeff Green, Tillman Fertitta, Ellen Townsher, and Frank Luntz—discussed hypothetical policy outcomes at the final session of the Milken Institute conference, moderated by Wolf Blitzer and Mike Milken. Each panelist detailed specific legislative achievements in their imagined administrations, ranging from Green's $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan and Guaranteed Minimum Income to Fertitta's elimination of corporate deficits and Luntz's failed VA reform efforts. The discussion highlighted divergent approaches to governance, with candidates sharing contrasting results on economic growth, foreign relations, and the practical challenges of implementing bold structural changes.
- Milken Institute1h 0m
Closing the Income Inequality Gap
Pope Francis, Christine Lagarde, Jared Bernstein, Beth Ann Bovino, Arthur Brooks, Kristin Oliver, Jeff Green
Panelists including Jared Bernstein, Arthur Brooks, and Jeff Green convened to analyze the destabilizing effects of extreme wealth concentration and the divergence between rising productivity and stagnant wages. The discussion contrasted divergent strategies for addressing inequality, ranging from infrastructure investment and minimum wage hikes to education subsidies and corporate mobility programs like Walmart's recent initiatives. While consensus emerged on the need for aggressive government intervention to restore full employment and social mobility, significant disagreement persisted regarding the specific mechanics of wage policies and their potential impact on low-skilled labor markets.
- Milken Institute1h 1m
Lunch Panel - What's Happened to the American Dream?
Harold Ford, Jr., Neil Ferguson, Jeff Green, Charles Murray, Steve Ratner
Moderated by Harold Ford, Jr., a panel of four experts including Charles Murray, Steve Ratner, Neil Ferguson, and Jeff Green examined the erosion of the American Dream through distinct lenses of cultural decay, fiscal unsustainability, historical divergence, and globalization. While the panelists agreed on the urgency of addressing a structural deficit and a collapsing middle class, they diverged on solutions, with Murray and Ferguson advocating for civil society and cultural reform over government intervention, whereas Ratner and Green called for shifting from a transfer state to an investment state via infrastructure and education. Ultimately, the group warned that without a "Simpson-Bowles" style compromise to fix entitlements and stabilize the tax code, the United States risks European-style economic stagnation and significant social unrest.