we will start with phil harvey. [applause] >> thank you for coming out and thank you for being here on what started to be a rainy day. thanks to the cato institute for arranging this and making it possible. and special thanks to michael tanner. michael has written, studies, lectured widely on subjects relating to welfare and poverty in the united states and his work has greatly informed our book and we are especially grateful for him on that. we will talk a little bit about the basic issues of outlined in the book. issues related to welfare and its problems. we will talk quickly about the welfare state and the extent to which the united states is becoming one, the correlation between between the rise in welfare and the drop in workforce participation in the united states, the extent to which people on welfare feel trapped and in many cases are trapped in a cycle of welfare and poverty and dependence. and we will discuss the benefits, which is one of the principle reasons for that feeling, that senation -- sensation

and then conners and phil harvey on the cost of labor. and then "naked money" and a look at how cities in the u.s. and europe have revitalized their economies after loosing manufacturing jobs. next, matthew desmond on his book evicted that explores poverty in america and the role that evictions play in those on the spiral of the downward edge. ... and it drawn comparisons to behind the beautiful forever is another powerful work in immersion reporting about party. "the new york times" has called this an extensively researched vividly realized and above all all -- book adding that after "evicted" it will no longer be possible to have a serious discussion about poverty without having a serious discussion about housing. desmond is the winner of a 2015 macarthur genius grant. he is also the author of several other books including on the fire line in which he chronicles the experiences of a fire crew in northern arizona or he is currently the john l. loeb associate professor of social sciences at harvard and he's the codirector of the justice f

and then conners and phil harvey on the cost of labor. and then "naked money" and a look at how cities in the u.s. and europe have revitalized their economies after loosing manufacturing jobs. next, matthew desmond on his

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