Transforming Public Life

Saturday 21 November 2009

ON THE AGENDA

Will Too Much Debt Fuel A Double-Dip Recession?

Francie Grace
Nov 20, 2009

That was the question raised by President Obama during an interview in China (one of our biggest creditors), as cartoonists seized the opportunity to comment on America's looming national debt. "It is important," said Mr.

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Will a Delay on the Climate Treaty be Time Well-Spent?

Scott Bittle
Nov 16, 2009

World leaders flatly admitted this weekend what everyone pretty much knew: there won't be a major deal on climate change at the big conference in Copenhagen next month. Instead, leaders will try to keep the process going, in hopes of coming up with a deal next year.

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FACING UP TO THE
Nation's Finances

National Debt Clock

Transforming Public Life

A Decade of Citizen Engagement in Bridgeport, CT

Will Friedman, Alison Kadlec and Lara Birnback

02/22/2008

When it comes time to solve community problems or make and implement public policy, the institutions, organizations, and individuals of Bridgeport, CT, defy business as usual through a remarkably inclusive and deliberative citizen-centered approach to problem-solving. As a result of roughly a decade of hard work by organizations, "ordinary" citizens and various local leaders, public engagement has become
embedded in the life of the community.

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