Civil discourse in hot political times The legislative session opens this week and the President delivers the State of the Union Address. How do we have informative and polite discussion about the major and controversial issues of the day? What factors work against this?11:00 a.m.
Guests
Sean Kershaw: Co-host of today's program. Executive director of the Citizens League
Mitch Pearlstein: Founder and president, Center of the American Experiment.
Economic forecast from two prominent economists The annual economic forecast from the Commonwealth Club of California, featuring two former chairs of the President's Council of Economic Advisers.12:00 p.m.
Guests
Michael Boskin: Professor of economics at the Hoover Institution and Stanford University. Chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisers under President George H.W. Bush.
Christina Romer: Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley. Immediate Pasdt Chair, President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers.