The State of the Nation Project: In Books

Join The Murphy Institute's Gary "Hoov" Hoover (Director of The Murphy Institute and Professor of Economics) and Douglas Harris (Murphy Core Faculty and Professor and Chair of Economics) at the New Orleans Book Festival for a deep dive into the State of the Nation Project, which recently launched the first, and widely publicized, bipartisan progress report for the United States.

In a panel moderated by President Michael A. Fitts, Harris and Hoover will discuss the State of the Nation project, which brought together former appointees and advisers from five presidential administrations, both Democratic and Republican, to evaluate how the United States is performing across economic, social, civic and other measures. The project also solicited feedback from about 1,000 residents throughout the country across the political spectrum. One aim of the State of the Nation project was to see how much common ground there might be on shared definitions and measures of progress. 

Joining Hoover and Harris on the panel will be Carol Graham, senior fellow in the Economic Studies program at the Brookings Institution and senior scientist at Gallup. Dr. Hoover is the author of recently published book, Ladder or Lottery: Economic Promises and the Reality of Who Gets Ahead. Graham wrote Happiness for All? Unequal Lives and Hopes in Pursuit of the American Dream.

For the full festival schedule and campus maps, visit the official festival website: bookfest.tulane.edu