TY  - BOOK
ED  - Public Good: Knowledge as the Foundation for a Democratic Society
ED  - American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
ED  - American Philosophical Society.
ED  - Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands.
TI  - The public good: knowledge as the foundation for a democratic society
AV  - JC330.15 .P82 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - [Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - American Academy of Arts and Sciences]
KW  - Common good
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Public interest
KW  - United States
KW  - Knowledge, Theory of
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Civilization
KW  - 21st century
N1  - Proceedings of the joint meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society held on Apr. 27-29, 2007, in Washington, D.C; "A project of the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands in partnership with the American Academy of Arts and Sciences"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references; Convocation of the Academies; Leslie Berlowitz, Mary Maples Dunn, Baruch S. Blumberg, Emilio Bizzi, Ralph J. Cicerone, Harvey V. Fineberg --; Keynote address; Public good: knowledge as the foundation for a democratic society; Don Michael Randel --; Saturday panel discussions; Introduction; Richard S. Dunn --; Independence of the courts; Linda Greenhouse, Sandra Day O'Connor, Judith S. Kaye, Charles G. Geyh, Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC --; Religion and the Enlightenment; Martin E. Marty, Joyce Appleby, Mark A. Noll, James Carroll --; United States and the global economy; John S. Reed, Robert M. Solow, Pedro Aspe, Edward P. Lazear, Janet Yellen --; Media and society; Sharon Rockefeller, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Tom Brokaw, Gwen Ifill --; Saturday evening program; Welcome; Arlin Adams --; Celebrating knowledge; Introduction; Gerald Early --; Keynote address; White whale; E.L. Doctorow --; Readings; Rosanna Warren --; Public Good Award: James H. Billington, John Hope Franklin, Sandra Day O'Connor --; Sunday panel discussions; Introduction; Peter Nicholas --; Science, health, and an aging society; Harvey V. Fineberg, John Bongaarts, Lisa Berkman, John W. Rowe --; Energy choices and global warming; Richard A. Meserve, Ralph J. Cicerone, Charles O. Holliday, Jr
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