Last week, Marshall interviewed former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, American Action Forum President and former Director of the Congressional Budget Office Douglas Holtz-Eakin, and Gallup Senior Researcher Christos Makridis at the Aspen Ideas Festival: Economy in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Their conversation focused on how the disempowered political center should respond to the rise of economic populism on the left and right. A clear consensus emerged that the center's challenge lies not merely in articulating a policy response but also in navigating the political dynamics of an anti-status quo moment in global politics.
Aspen Ideas Festival Economy: https://www.aspenideas.org/attend/economy
Session Description: Skepticism of free trade and globalization was once relegated to the political margins, but calls for government intervention now thunder through American economic debate. Does this reflect political polarization, distrust of institutions and corporate power, or a deeper reckoning with an economy that underserves too many people? As populist ideas reshape both the left and right, are we witnessing the emergence of a fundamentally different economic and political order?