"Natalie Foster takes you on a journey that will forever change the way you view our country. With a bold vision, she intertwines the economy, business, public policy, social justice, and advocacy. A must-read for all." -- Van Jones, CNN correspondent and New York Times bestselling author of The Green Collar Economy
About the Event
Join Spring Point Partners and the William Penn Foundation in celebrating the launch of The Guarantee, a new book from Natalie Foster, co-founder of the Economic Security Project.The event will feature a fireside chat with Natalie, a spotlight on local Philadelphia partners advancing guaranteed income work, an audience Q&A, and a networking opportunity.
About the Book
The Guarantee asks us to imagine an America where housing, health care, a college education, dignified work, family care, an inheritance, and an income floor are not only attainable by all but guaranteed, by our government, for everyone.
But isn’t this pie-in-the-sky thinking? Not by a long shot, as this provocative new book reveals. As it stands, our current economic system is chock full of government-backed guarantees, from bailouts to bankruptcy protection, to keep the private sector in business. So why can’t the same be true for the rest of us?
Author Natalie Foster, co-founder of the Economic Security Project, has had a front-row seat to the dramatic leaps forward in government guarantees over the past decade, from student debt relief to the child tax credit expansion. Her brilliantly sketched vision for a new American Guarantee is rooted in real life experiences, collaborations with some of today’s most important activists and visionaries, and a concrete sense of the policies that are possible—and ready to implement—in twenty-first-century America.
The Guarantee is the rare book that will shift the terms of debate, moving us from the expired and defunct assumptions of no-guardrails capitalism to a nation that works for all of its people.
"The Guarantee is a must read for anyone who cares about tackling economic inequality in America, and helping our country once again become the land of opportunity. Natalie Foster’s quick-moving, big-vision book shows how quickly bold solutions can go from idea to reality, and move from the frontiers of policy to the center. It's also an important reminder that America's future lies in the hands of its people–who have both the ingenuity and the power to help our nation tackle the inequalities that are dividing us." -- Sameera Fazili, Former Deputy Director of the National Economic Council of the United States in the Biden Administration
About the Author
NATALIE FOSTER is a leading architect of the movement to build an inclusive and resilient economy that works for all. President and co-founder of Economic Security Project and Aspen Institute Fellow, her work and writing has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, TIME, Business Insider, CNN, and The Guardian. Natalie speaks regularly on economic security, the future of work and the new political economy. An unstoppable builder, Natalie previously founded the sharing economy community Peers and co-founded Rebuild the Dream with Van Jones, and served as Digital Director for President Obama's Organizing for America - a leading partner in winning transformative healthcare reform. A daughter of a preacher from Kansas, Natalie draws on the values of community, dignity, and optimism to build a better America. She lives in Oakland, California with her husband and two kids. The Guarantee is her first book.
About Spring Point Partners
Rooted in Philadelphia, Spring Point Partners is a social impact organization that champions community-driven change and promotes justice by investing in transformational leaders, networks and solutions. Learn more about our collective impact at thespringpoint.com
About William Penn Foundation
The William Penn Foundation, founded in 1945 by Otto and Phoebe Haas, is dedicated to improving the quality of life in the Greater Philadelphia region. Learn more at williampennfoundation.org