Name: Hedrick Smith: "Who Stole The American Dream?"
Start: 2012-09-19T01:00:00

Hedrick Smith: "Who Stole The American Dream?"

Hedrick Smith: Who Stole the American Dream?

Hedrick Smith, Former Reporter, The New York Times; Producer, PBS; Author, Who Stole the American Dream?

Robert Rosenthal, Executive Director, California Watch, Center For Investigative Reporting - Moderator

Is the American Dream becoming a lost ideal of the past? Pulitzer Prize- and Emmy-winning journalist Smith suggests that it is as a result of four decades of erosion induced by corporate and political decisions. Smith will discuss the extent to which the American Dream has declined, as well as the future.

Location: SF Club Office
Time: 5:30 p.m. check-in, 6 p.m. program, 7 p.m. book signing
Cost: $20 standard, $12 members, $7 students (with valid ID)
Also know: Photo by Foster Wiley

September 18, 2012

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