New America Podcasts

As the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill becomes law of the land, Reid Cramer, Director of the Asset Building Program at the New America Foundation, asks if the bill is strong enough to prevent the next financial meltdown. Cramer explains why he thinks it goes a long way in creating a necessary but not sufficient basis for reform. At many turns, the bill opts for discretion rather than dictates. It has potential but makes few guarantees. Much of the promise lies in the creation of two new regulatory bodies, one focused on Wall Street and the other on Main Street.

In this New America Podcast, Energy Policy Initiative Director Lisa Margonelli discusses her proposed response to the BP Oil Spill: A collection of policy initiatives to reduce Americans' oil dependency. Dubbed the STRONG America 2020 plan, Margonelli's proposal would reduce U.S. oil demand by more than 3 million barrels a day by 2020, without using new technology, vehicles or fuels -- and give Americans more power to choose how they commute and what they drive.

In this New America Podcast, Energy Policy Inititiave Director Lisa Margonelli assesses the response to the Gulf spill to date -- by BP, the Obama administration and others.

This podcast is Part 4 of a six-part series.  Click here for Part 3, or here for Part 5.

In this New America Podcast, Energy Policy Initiative Director Lisa Margonelli discusses the repercussions -- economic, environmental and political -- of the spill in the Gulf.

This podcast is Part 2 of a six-part series.  Click here for Part 1, or here for Part 3.