Jacob Hacker and Mark Schlesinger from Yale University discuss the new report Standing on Shaky Ground: Americans’ Experiences with Economic Insecurity, the first study to detail how economic insecurity affects the well-being of Americans, based on a new two-wave survey of Americans that examines their experiences and perceptions between March 2008 and September 2009.
James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic, moderates a panel which also includes Stuart Butler, Distinguished Fellow and Director, Center for Policy Innovation at The Heritage Foundation, Ezra Klein of the Washington Post, and Lawrence Mishel, President of the Economic Policy Institute.
The survey, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, is a follow-up to the Economic Security Index (ESI) report of July 2010.