The Common Good Forum: Growing a Fair Economy Alan Schwartz, Guggenheim Partners CEO, with  MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle  

Afternoon Session Convener: CNN’s John Avlon

Rule of Law, Corruption and Abuse of Power  

CEO Bill Browder, Magnitsky Act advocate, in conversation with  Preet Bharara, fmr. US Attorney, Southern District of New York. Moderated by CNN’s John Avlon

Former Senator Claire McCaskill, GOP strategist Rick Tyler, Former Congressman Steve Israel, Third Way’s Matt Bennett, and Firing Line Host Margaret Hoover  

Moderated by NY1’s Errol Louis

The Common Good is proud to present a discussion of The Panama Papers after a special screening moderated by Stephanie Ruhle with Kevin Hall, Robert Friedman, and Alex Winter. A riveting insider account of the story hundreds of journalists risked their lives to break, The Panama Papers takes you behind the groundbreaking revelations of one of the biggest global corruption scandals in history – a vast and coordinated scheme by the world’s elite.  

Moderator: Stephanie Ruhle, MSNBC Kevin Hall, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter, McClatchy Newspapers Robert Friedman, Producer & CEO of Bungalow Media Alex Hall, Director

The Common Good presents a very important discussion with one of the leading legal experts in the nation, Laurence Tribe, moderated by John Heilemann, host of Showtime’s The Circus, and National Affairs Analyst, NBC News. Dr. Tribe discussed the many critical legal issues facing the nation that could bring sweeping changes and surprises: the investigations related to Trump, from Mueller to the House; the new Supreme Court and the consequential cases it is likely to hear; and the importance of legal efforts regarding immigration, asylum, voting rights, and presidential financial entanglements with foreign powers, among other possible areas of interest.

The Common Good presents a very important discussion with Guy Cecil, Chairman, Priorities USA, on “Election 2020: Messaging & Strategy”. What are the issues and messages that moved voters in 2018? What are the powerhouse approaches that will persuade voters in 2020? Guy Cecil has done the testing, data mining and the work that succeeded in 2018. He has spent years on the forefront of the national and local political arena working with numerous campaigns across the country.

The Common Good presents a very important discussion with Byron Wien and Joseph Zidle of Blackstone’s Private Wealth Solutions. Two of Wall Street’s most respected investment advisors sketch out the economic outlook for 2019 and projections regarding the volatile stock market amid rising risks stemming from tariffs, politics, Fed rates, and global turmoil. If you are concerned about your 401K, real estate or investment portfolio, or your business growth, listen up. They had some very strong and surprising predictions.

The Common Good presents a very important discussion with Garry Kasparov, Russian dissident and world chess champion, Bret Stephens, New York Times columnist, John Avlon, author of Washington’s Farewell and CNN anchor, Philip Bobbitt, constitutional law expert at Columbia University, and Ian Kahn, who plays George Washington on AMC's Turn.   

In our nation and across the globe, democracy is at risk. Leaders from left to right are increasingly alarmed as the central values and norms of liberal democracy are undermined or under outright attack. The US struggles with poisonous division and institutional sclerosis, far right parties are gaining traction in Europe, and Vladimir Putin tightens his authoritarian grip on Russia while subverting democracy abroad.   

These extraordinary thinkers explore how we can defend and reinvigorate the best of our democratic values and culture, as the risks to democracy intensify across our nation and the globe.

The Common Good presents a special briefing with Gordon Chang, leading North Korea expert and author.   

Kim Jong-Un and Moon Jae-In proclaim progress at the North-South Korean talks. The stakes are high - for the Korean Peninsula, the nations of the far East and the United States.   

“Are they playing us? I don’t know...If they’re playing Trump, we’re going to be in a world of hurt, because he’s going to have no options left. This is the last, best chance for peace right here,” said Senator Lindsey Graham, New York Times.   

Gordon Chang discusses crucial US-North Korea relations and examine ​next steps to avoid a nuclear showdown or other possible conflict​.  

“Chang knows Asia well, and he has his eyes set on the long term...In his eyes, it is the duty of the world's dominant power to protect the international system from developing-world states seeking to go nuclear.” - Foreign Affairs

The Common Good and the 92nd Street Y co-present a frank and important conversation with James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence, moderated by John Berman, CNN.  

One of the most important voices in the nation’s intelligence community, Jim Clapper decided to break his silence after living through Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and saw how the foundations of American democracy were--and continue to be--undermined by a foreign power.  

Jim Clapper shares his inside experience, honed through more than five decades in the intelligence profession, including nearly a decade as the nation’s top intelligence officer advising Presidents from both parties. Clapper discusses the escalation of cyber threats, disinformation campaigns through fake news, Russian or other foreign interference in U.S. elections, and other national security challenges facing the nation.