The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University is teaming up with Bloomberg View, the global opinion site, to host a presidential election panel discussion, "Is the Welfare State on the Ballot in November?" The discussion will be held on Tuesday, September 25, 2012, at 4:30 p.m., Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, and will feature columnists for Bloomberg View and Woodrow Wilson School faculty experts. A public reception will follow the discussion in Shultz dining room.

Is the upcoming election a referendum on the size and role of government, particularly spending on entitlements such as Medicare?  Do the majority of voters really care about the so-called “welfare state,” or are they more focused on jobs – or something else?

Panelists:

Clive Crook – columnist, Bloomberg View; member, Bloomberg View editorial board;

Michael Kinsley – editor and columnist at Bloomberg View, former editor of the New Republic and Harper’s, and founding editor of Slate;

Nolan McCarty – chair, department of politics, Princeton University; Woodrow Wilson School Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs; and

Markus Prior – associate professor of politics and public affairs; co-director, Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, Woodrow Wilson School

Josh Barro – lead writer for Bloomberg View's news and economics blog, The Ticker, will serve as moderator for the discussion

The panel will also be live on Twitter, with tweets coming from @WilsonSchool and @BloombergView using the hashtag #PrincetonView. Users can follow the conversation and send in questions and comments using the hashtag.

The event will be webcast live at http://www.princeton.edu/webmedia and archived online for later viewing on the Woodrow Wilson School’s Web media site – http://wws.princeton.edu/webmedia.

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