Bernard L. Schwartz – Political Initiatives

Progressive Policy Institute

Washington, DC

Bernard Schwartz supports the Progressive Policy Institute, a research and education organization founded by Will Marshall.

PPI's mission arises from the belief that America is ill-served by an obsolete left-right debate that is out of step with the powerful forces re-shaping our society and economy. The Institute advocates a philosophy that adapts the progressive tradition in American politics to the realities of the Information Age and points to a "third way" beyond the liberal impulse to defend the bureaucratic status quo and the conservative bid to simply dismantle government. The Institute envisions government as society's servant, not its master -- as a catalyst for a broader civic enterprise controlled by and responsive to the needs of citizens and the communities where they live and work.

The Institute's work rests on three ideals: equal opportunity, mutual responsibility, and self-governing citizens and communities. Building on these cornerstone principles, our work advances five key strategies to equip Americans to confront the challenges of the Information Age:

Restoring the American Dream by accelerating economic growth, expanding opportunity, and enhancing security.
Reconstructing our social order by strengthening families, attacking crime, and empowering the urban poor.
Renewing our democracy by challenging the special interests and returning power to citizens and local institutions.
Defending our common civic ground by affirming the spirit of tolerance and the shared principles that unite us as Americans.
Confronting global disorder by building enduring new international structures of economic and political freedom.

Read more at the Progressive Policy Institute web site

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