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Momentum Speaker Directory

Speaker	Title	Plenary	Year
Sony Kapoor	Changing a System of Our Own Creation A former derivatives trader who switched sides, Kapoor employs vivid metaphors to argue that finance needs to be reigned in to bring us back to prosperity, in this, modern society's 90th such financial crisis.	Capital	2009
Lawrence Mishel	What the Economy Needs Now A concise and cogent look at the economic crisis, how we got here, and how to get out, barring the hackneyed platitude "tough it out, America."	Capital	2009
Melissa Bradley	Building Wealth for All There is a big difference between getting a job and creating assets. The number of people in this country who are economically "at risk" is rising daily. Melissa Bradley outlines this issue and some ways we can help build wealth across the economic spectrum.	Money	2008
Jacob Hacker	Fixing America's Healthcare System Policy analyst Jacob Hacker reviews the dangerous escalation of America's uninsured and underinsured, and presents an innovative new plan for reshaping America's healthcare system, and for providing universal coverage for all.	Health	2008
Jon Hiatt	Community Labor Coalitions Hiatt advocates for collaboration between the organized labor movement and an emerging labor movement of worker centers and community based organizations. Presentation of "Community-Labor Coalitions: Los Angeles Car Wash Campaign."	Money	2008
Rob Johnson	Too Big to Fail Months before the economic crisis, the former director at Soros Fund Management talks about excessive risk and much needed reforms in the financial system and the tension between markets, taxpayers and basic values.	Money	2008
Lawrence Lessig	End the Corruption While known as a pioneering voice for copyright reform, Lessig's recent focus has been putting an end to political corruption. At Momentum, he speaks on the ills of money and politics, and how the dynamics in politics are shifting. A sobering and refreshing analysis.	Democracy	2008
Premal Shah	Lending with Mutual Dignity Premal Shah, president of Microlending phenom Kiva, talks about raising money "Howard Dean-style" (or "Barack Obama-style") might be able to bring down the cost of borrowing for the world's working poor.	Money	2008
Tom Steyer	Fair and Just Banking for Low Income Communities	Money	2008