Robert Johnson of the Institute for New Economic Thinking and PBS host Alexander Heffner discuss the future of American democracy and finance. They explore the historical, present and future relationship between democratic values and economic prosperity.
Robert Johnson and Alexander Heffner (Part 1): Post Factual Democracy's Effect On Development
Robert Johnson and Alexander Heffner (Part 2): How Today's Finance Came To Be
Robert Johnson and Alexander Heffner (Part 3): The Resilience of Today’s Financial System
About Robert Johnson
Rob Johnson serves as President of the Institute for New Economic Thinking and a Senior Fellow and Director of the Global Finance Project for the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute in New York. He is an international investor and consultant to investment funds on issues of portfolio strategy, and he recently served on the United Nations Commission of Experts on International Monetary Reform under the Chairmanship of Joseph Stiglitz. Previously, Johnson was a Managing Director at Soros Fund Management and a Managing Director at Bankers Trust Company. He also served as Chief Economist of the US Senate Banking Committee and was Senior Economist of the US Senate Budget Committee.
About Alexander Heffner
Alexander Heffner is the host of "The Open Mind" on PBS and was a special correspondent for PBS’s "Need to Know" chronicling the Millennial vote in 2012. His writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today, Newsday and RealClearPolitics, among other leading newspapers and magazines. He has been interviewed about politics, education and stories in the news by PBS, C-SPAN, CNN and the BBC, among other national and local broadcast venues. He was political director and correspondent for WHRB 95.3 FM and host and managing editor of "The Political Arena," a Sunday afternoon public affairs broadcast.
About the Museum
The Museum of American Finance is the nation’s only independent museum dedicated to preserving, exhibiting and teaching about American finance and financial history. Housed in an historic bank building on Wall Street, the Museum’s magnificent grand mezzanine banking hall provides an ideal setting for permanent exhibits on the financial markets, money, banking, entrepreneurship and Alexander Hamilton.
The Museum is an independent, non-profit 501(c)(3) Smithsonian affiliate creating non-ideological presentations and programs for purposes of education and general public awareness. Financial education is at the core of the Museum’s mission, seeking to promote lifelong learning and inquiry.
As a chronicler of American financial achievement and development, the Museum seeks to play a special role as a guardian of America’s collective financial memory, as well as a presenter and interpreter of current financial issues, thereby connecting the past with the present while serving as a guide for the future.
