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Alan Jenkins

The State of Opportunity

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Author: The Opportunity Agenda, Progressive Ideas Network, Alan Jenkins

Date: April 13, 2009

Category: Politics, Government, Economics/Economy

Type: Article, Blog Post, In the Press

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The State of Opportunity

Progressive Ideas Network

Progressive Ideas Network

Posted April 14, 2009 | 08:23 PM (EST)

As the Dow Jones Industrial Average inches upward, there will be a strong temptation--especially from financial news outlets--to equate recovery by shareholders with the recovery of economic security in our country.

Tags: Race, Progressive Ideas Network, Politics, PIN, Opportunity Agenda, Inequality, Immigration, economy, Economic Stimulus Package, Barack Obama

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Thinking Big Podcast 4: Connecting Opportunity and Prosperity

Source: Progressive Ideas Network

Author: Alan Jenkins, Nancy Cleeland

Date: March 13, 2009

Category: Economics/Economy

Medium: Audio

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Commonweal Institute Senior Fellow Patrick O'Heffernan interviews Alan Jenkins, Director of the Opportunity Agenda, and Nancy Cleeland, Director of External Affairs at the Economic Policy Institute, about the relationship between expanding opportunity for all Americans and achieving an economic goal of broadly shared prosperity. From the new book from the Progressive Ideas Network, Thinking Big: Progressive Ideas for a New Era.

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Tags: economy, prosperity, opportunity, equity

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