and we're specially honored to honored to welcome governor mitch tan daniels, governor hickenlooper. zoe baird and walter eisman of the aspen institute. i know we have a tremendous conversation in store for us today on one of the great issues we're all wrestling with. i want to start by giving you a few remarks on why this subject, finding new solutions to the problems of unemployment and getting people ready for the skills that they need in the next century is so important to us here at aei. aei is a think tank dedicated to really two things. human dignity and human potential. we believe our commitment to truth requires a competition of ideas to function well in a free society. this requires an opportunity society as well. there's a lot that americans disagree on these days. one thing that brings us all together, the real moral consensus, i believe, behind the american experiment is that we have to push opportunities to people at the periphery of society. indeed, to the people who need it most. what are we missing that is making this so hard right now? if this were just a question o

and we're specially honored to honored to welcome governor mitch tan daniels, governor hickenlooper. zoe baird and walter eisman of the aspen institute. i know we have a tremendous conversation in store for us today on one of the great issues we're all wrestling with. i want to start by giving you a few remarks on why this subject, finding new solutions to the problems of unemployment and getting people ready for the skills that they need in the next century is so important to us here at aei. aei is a think tank dedicated to really two things. human dignity and human potential.