At the Joint Economic Committee, we believe knowledge of social capital is vital to achieving our goal of expanding economic opportunity for all Americans. Join us as we invite hearing witnesses to engage in a deeper social capital conversation on The Social Capitalists Podcast: Post-hearing Discussions with the Joint Economic Committee Republicans.
Kay Hymowitz, William E. Simon Fellow at Manhattan Institute and Dr. W. Bradford Wilcox, Director of the National Marriage Project join JEC Executive Director Scott Winship for a discussion on family stability.
Dr. Veronique de Rugy, Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center and Mr. Oren Cass, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute join JEC Executive Director Scott Winship to talk how to connect more people to work.
Witnesses Lyman Stone, American Enterprise Institute Research Fellow and Ryan Bourne, R. Evan Scharf Chair for the Public Understanding of Economics at CATO join JEC Executive Director Scott Winship to talk family affordability.
What is social capital? Can improving social capital empower our communities to overcome challenges? JEC Chairman Mike Lee addresses this and more.
A conversation with Scott Winship, Executive Director of the Joint Economic Committee, Dr. Ryan Streeter, Director of Domestic Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and Dr. Patrick Sharkey, Professor and Chair of the Sociology Department at New York University.