Miles Rapoport

Watch: Demos and The Ayn Rand Center Debate "Government: What Is Its Proper Role?"

Miles Rapoport | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government, Miles Rapoport, Debate, Ayn Rand, Webcast, Ayn Rand Institute, Financial Crisis, Great Recession, Yaron Brook, Big Government, Brian Lehrer, Demos, Politics News
Miles Rapoport

After the 2008 financial crisis and its aftermath a great political divide emerged among many Americans reexamining the direction of our country.

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Demos Promotes Participatory Democracy

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Voter Registration, Barack Obama 2008, Bob Kuttner, Federal Reserve, Hillary Clinton, Credit Card Regulation, Rich Benjamin, Demos, Miles Rapoport, Impact News
Michael Sigman

Miles Rapoport found his true calling in 2001 when he was named president of Demos, a Manhattan-based non-partisan research and advocacy organization gearing up to oppose the myriad right-wing think tanks then dominating Washington.

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The Budget Debate for Grownups

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Miles Rapoport, John McCain, Robert Reich, Brookings Instituion, Budget, Baby Boomers, U.S. Budget, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Business News
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson

If we continue doing nothing, in about 35 years, the government will have no money for anything other than Medicare, Social Security and interest on the money we've already borrowed.

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